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Definition of Chunking
1. Noun. (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units.
Generic synonyms: Configuration, Constellation
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Derivative terms: Chunk
Definition of Chunking
1. Noun. (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information. ¹
2. Noun. (context: writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence. ¹
3. Noun. The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces of its former self, usually using a hammer or a crowbar. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of chunk) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chunking
1. chunk [v] - See also: chunk
Medical Definition of Chunking
1. The process within short-term memory of combining disparate items of information so that they take up as little as possible of the limited space in short-term memory; e.g., combining into one percept the three individual letters making up the word "cat". (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chunking
Literary usage of Chunking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society by American Geographical Society of New York (1905)
"This morning we reached the wharf of the chunking Trading Co., ... I am assured
ir» chunking that our voyage of 29 days was exceedingly quick for this time ..."
2. Basic Phonics Skills, Level D by Martha Cheney, Hilve Firek, Jo Ellen Moore (2004)
"R-Controlled Vowels /ar/ 146 chunking/writing more words in the ar family /ar/:
spelled -ard, -art, -arm Writing ar words to complete sentences Writing ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1875)
"Trade by this route has flourished before without European enterprise, and as
soon as it is re-opened the trade between Hankow and chunking will be lessened ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"At present goods destined for chunking have to undergo three transhipments, and
from Ichang have to be hauled up in a small junk by trackers, ..."
5. The History of China by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1898)
"The invading force was divided into two bodies, one charged with the capture of
the important river port of chunking, the other with that of the capital ..."
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