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despike

despike verb: to remove spikes (noise) from data or a graph.

Verb

despike (third-person singular simple present despikes, present participle despiking, simple past and past participle despiked)

  1. To remove spikes (noise) from data or a graph

Forms of despike

third-person singular presentdespikes
present participledespiking
past participledespiked
pastdespiked

Origin of despike

From de- + spike.

Words formed from despike

Questions about despike

What does despike mean?
Despike means to remove spikes (noise) from data or a graph.
What part of speech is despike?
Despike is a verb.
What is the past tense of despike?
The past tense of despike is despiked.

Words near despike in the dictionary

  1. despiciency
  2. despight
  3. despightful
  4. despightfull
  5. despights
  6. despike
  7. despiked
  8. despiker
  9. despikers
  10. despikes
  11. despiking

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