"theorycraft" meaning in All languages combined

See theorycraft on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-theorycraft.wav Forms: theorycrafts [plural]
Etymology: From theory + -craft. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|theory|craft}} theory + -craft Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} theorycraft (countable and uncountable, plural theorycrafts)
  1. (video games) Theorycrafting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-theorycraft-en-noun-Y5mpIHl3 Topics: video-games

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-theorycraft.wav Forms: theorycrafts [present, singular, third-person], theorycrafting [participle, present], theorycrafted [participle, past], theorycrafted [past]
Etymology: From theory + -craft. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|theory|craft}} theory + -craft Head templates: {{en-verb}} theorycraft (third-person singular simple present theorycrafts, present participle theorycrafting, simple past and past participle theorycrafted)
  1. (video games) To analyze (especially mathematically) the underlying mechanics of a video game in order to optimize or minimax one's gameplay. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-theorycraft-en-verb-jUpI1-FQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -craft, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -craft: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Topics: video-games

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