batch: Meaning and Definition of
batch
Pronunciation: (bach), [key]
— n.
- a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation: mixing a batch of concrete.
- the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
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- a group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.
- Seebatch processing.
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- a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.
- the material so mixed.
—v.t.
- to combine, mix, or process in a batch.
batch
Pronunciation: (bach), [key]
— v.i., n.
- bach.
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