Smoothing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Smoothing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of smooth.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of smooth.
More Meanings
- The act by which something is made smooth.
- (phonetics, phonology) Monophthongization.
- (statistics) creation of an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- smoothings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sleek, smoothen, sinuate, slick, flowing, undulate.
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