Usually means: Performing extensive numerical calculations rapidly.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word number crunching:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. number crunching: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. number crunching: Merriam-Webster
  3. number crunching: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. number crunching: Collins English Dictionary
  5. number crunching: Vocabulary.com
  6. number-crunching: Wordnik
  7. number-crunching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. number-crunching, number crunching: Wiktionary
  9. number-crunching, number crunching: Dictionary.com
  10. Number crunching: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. number crunching: Rhymezone
  12. number crunching: FreeDictionary.org
  13. number crunching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. number crunching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. number crunching: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. number crunching: CCI Computer
  3. number crunching: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. number crunching: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

(Note: See number_cruncher as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Number crunching)

noun:  Alternative spelling of number-crunching [(computing) Any computing application that requires large amounts of numerical calculation.]

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