Evaluation

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Evaluation \E*val`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]valuation, LL.
     evaluatio.]
     Valuation; appraisement. --J. S. Mill.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  evaluation
       n 1: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: {rating}]
       2: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high
          valuation on friendship" [syn: {valuation}, {rating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluation":
     analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation,
     apprizal, approximation, assessing, assessment, assize, assizement,
     calculation, categorization, classification, computation,
     correction, decision, determination, dual pricing, estimate,
     estimation, evaluating, evaluative criticism, factoring, figuring,
     gauging, grouping, identification, instrumentation, interpretation,
     judgement, judging, judgment, measure, measurement, measuring,
     mensuration, metric system, opinion, price determination, pricing,
     quantification, quantization, ranking, rating, reckoning, sifting,
     sifting out, sorting, sorting out, stock, survey, surveying,
     telemetering, telemetry, triangulation, unit pricing, valuation,
     valuing, view, weighing, winnowing
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  evaluation
       
           1. Converting an expression into a value using
          some {reduction strategy}.
       
          2. The process of examining a system or system component to
          determine the extent to which specified properties are
          present.
       
          (1996-05-13)