Crossword clues for smoothing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smooth \Smooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smoothed (sm[=oo]thd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smoothing.] [OE. smothen, smethen, AS. sm[=e][eth]ian; cf. LG. sm["o]den. See Smooth, a.] To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron. Specifically:
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To free from obstruction; to make easy.
Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day.
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To free from harshness; to make flowing.
In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.
--Milton. To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
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To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.
--Milton. To ease; to regulate.
--Dryden.
Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n. fr. Smooth, v.
Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron.
Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is made smooth. vb. (present participle of smooth English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
In statistics and image processing, to smooth a data set is to create an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena. In smoothing, the data points of a signal are modified so individual points (presumably because of noise) are reduced, and points that are lower than the adjacent points are increased leading to a smoother signal. Smoothing may be used in two important ways that can aid in data analysis (1) by being able to extract more information from the data as long as the assumption of smoothing is reasonable and (2) by being able to provide analyses that are both flexible and robust. Many different algorithms are used in smoothing.
Smoothing may be distinguished from the related and partially overlapping concept of curve fitting in the following ways:
- curve fitting often involves the use of an explicit function form for the result, whereas the immediate results from smoothing are the "smoothed" values with no later use made of a functional form if there is one;
- the aim of smoothing is to give a general idea of relatively slow changes of value with little attention paid to the close matching of data values, while curve fitting concentrates on achieving as close a match as possible.
- smoothing methods often have an associated tuning parameter which is used to control the extent of smoothing. Curve fitting will adjust any number of parameters of the function to obtain the 'best' fit.
However, the terminology used across applications is mixed. For example, use of an interpolating spline fits a smooth curve exactly through the given data points and is sometimes called "smoothing".
Smoothing is the reduction or elimination in the roughness or unevenness of a surface or other thing.
Smoothing may refer to:
- Smoothing, a type of statistical technique for handling data
- Smoothing (phonetics)
- Image smoothing
- Relaxation (iterative method), iterative smoothing of solutions and errors in computational science
Usage examples of "smoothing".
The snowflakes had become fine and dry, almost like bits of ice, and they seemed to be abrading the world, smoothing it the way that sandpaper smoothed wood, until eventually there would be no peaks and valleys, nothing but a featureless, highly polished plain as far as anyone could see.
And after a time he began to describe the lay of the land beyond them as he claimed to perceive it in his incense-visions, and Elimotis Gan and Nemeron Dalk provided amplification and correction, and Septach Melayn sketched out a rough chart of it from their words with the tip of his sword on a bare damp patch of soil, smoothing out his errors with the toe of his boot.
This did not much matter to me, but my vanity was concerned in smoothing him down, and I watched for my opportunity.
As the door was flung wide she stepped out of the garderobe, hastily smoothing down her skirts.
The Diehl kid and Doony Glynn are amusing themselves telling homosexuality jokes to Morris Hanley, who sits smoothing his hair with his fingertips, pretending to not even acknowledge, his left hand still bandaged.
Smoothing his kaftan in a confident manner, he stepped before her and executed a flamboyant bow.
Ran Kirving carried his mother from her bed to the wicker wheelchair, smoothing the blankets over the remains of her legs.
They were typical of the kind his people used, but he had learned how to make the flint-tipped Mamutoi spears as well, and because he was a skilled flint knapper, they were faster for him to make than shaping and smoothing bone points.
Nearby, in another spot of shade, a brace of other braves squatted, industriously knapping gunflints from a core of the rock, smoothing and perfecting their creations by use of antler picks and small, heavy mallets.
Thenike running her hands through the air over her body, cupping and smoothing vast tides of electromagnetic energy over her skin, until Marghe felt herself changing, lengthening, growing fur.
And Lorel secretively tended Yuli, feeding him, bathing his face, smoothing his thick hair, hugging him.
Raif saw Bailie the Red thinking hard, mitted hands smoothing the fletchings of the arrow he held in his fist.
She took her time in the bathroom, indulging in her morning ritual of moisturizing her skin, then smoothing on a body oil with a subtle scent that lingered all day.
She took full advantage of the amenities provided, brushing her teeth, smoothing moisturizer into her skin, blow-drying her hair.
It ran soggily along the corridor on legs which were too rubbery and which bent in the wrong places, and the scaly, dun-coloured tegument it had worn in the AUGL tank was twitching and writhing and smoothing out into the pink and white of flesh and medical tunic.