smoothing

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noun

The act by which something is made smooth.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of smooth
nounsmoothing (plural smoothings)

plural smoothings

  1. The act by which something is made smooth.

    For, as I draw closer and closer to the end, I travel in the circle, nearer and nearer to the beginning. It seems to be one of the kind smoothings and preparings of the way.

    1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
  2. human sciencesMonophthongization.
  3. mathematicscreation of an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena.

Translations

Esperanto glatigo
  • glatigoact
Indonesian penghalusan, penghalusan
  • penghalusanact
  • penghalusanstatistics
Malay pelicinan
  • pelicinanstatistics
Cite this entry
APA

smoothing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothing

MLA

“smoothing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoothing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothing.

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