binarization

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noun

Conversion of a picture to only black and white.

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Meanings

nounbinarization (countable and uncountable, plural binarizations)

plural binarizations

  1. countableuncountableConversion of a picture to only black and white.
  2. countableuncountablecomputingConversion of a tree to one with at most two children per node.
  3. countableuncountableConversion of a formal grammar to one where each rewriting rule has at most two nonterminals on its right-hand side.

Origin

From binary + -ization.

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Translations

Polish binaryzacja
  • binaryzacjain computing
Cite this entry
APA

binarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarization

MLA

“binarization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “binarization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarization.

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