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noun
The act of making regular, of regularizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
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noun
a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Topics: business, computer, computing, engineering, finance, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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noun
the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: regulation, regularisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control
noun
the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: regularisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
Etymology tree English regular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English regularization From regular + -ization.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
