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fan-out

fan-out

1 6.3
The spread of information or products from one sender to many people
  • noun
  • /fæn aʊt/
translation icon : distribución

Each such step is a large, possible large fan out in the search space.

Examples

  • Each such step is a large, possible large fan out in the search space.

    Lex Fridman

  • So, yeah, This is why the targeted start of production date of end of last year didn't hold and why we're still not having the fan out of the market.

  • These are sorted by latency and presented with data describing cell utilization, the number of clock buffer levels, fan-out per level, and estimated capacitance at each level.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The company's new marketing strategy resulted in a wide fan-out of advertisements across various social media platforms.

  • The fan-out of information from the initial press release reached thousands of potential customers within hours.

  • As the project developed, the fan-out of updates was crucial for keeping all team members informed.

Synonyms

circulation
vsfan-out
28 4.0

The spreading of news or money so more people get it

focuses on ongoing flow rather than origin at a single source
dissemination
vsfan-out
16 6.6

Spreading information or ideas so many people learn them

measures spread specifically from one source out to many recipients

How Wide

fan-out
1 6.3
distribution
60 3.2

Surface Forms

fan-out singular
fan-outs plural

Morphology

fan-out = fan (semi-transparent) = out + fan

The components 'fan' and 'out' are clear, but the specific meaning of distribution from a single source is metaphorical. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Fan-out comes from the image of a fan opening out like a hand fan, where one centre 'spreads' into many parts. So a fan-out is how widely something from one source reaches many people.