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smoothing

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S M UW1 DH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act by which something is made smooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Monophthongization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of smooth

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: glatigo — act
  • Galician: alisamento — act
  • Indonesian: penghalusan — act
  • Indonesian: penghalusan — statistics
  • Malay: pelicinan — statistics