learning curve

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Definitions of learning curve words

noun learning curve Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery. 1
noun learning curve the process of learning upon which such a representation is based: Her new job has a steep learning curve. 1
noun learning curve degree of difficulty in learning sth 1
noun Definition of learning curve in Technology (jargon) A graph showing some measure of the cost of performing some action against the number of times it has been performed. The term probably entered engineering via the aircraft industry in the 1930s, where it was used to describe plots showing the cost of making some particular design of aeroplane against the number of units made. The term is also used in psychology to mean a graph showing some measure of something learned against the number of trials. The psychology graphs normally slope upward whereas the manufacturing ones normally slope downward but they are both usually steep to start with and then level out. 1
countable noun learning curve A learning curve is a process where people develop a skill by learning from their mistakes. A steep learning curve involves learning very quickly. 0
noun learning curve a graphical representation of progress in learning 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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