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downsample

downsample verb: to reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).

Verb

downsample (third-person singular simple present downsamples, present participle downsampling, simple past and past participle downsampled)

  1. To reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).
  2. To reduce the sample size of a data set by randomly eliminating data points, typically so that it matches the size of another set.

Antonyms of downsample

Forms of downsample

third-person singular presentdownsamples
present participledownsampling
past participledownsampled
pastdownsampled

Origin of downsample

From down + sample.

Words formed from downsample

Questions about downsample

What does downsample mean?
Downsample means to reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).
What part of speech is downsample?
Downsample is a verb.
What is the past tense of downsample?
The past tense of downsample is downsampled.

Words near downsample in the dictionary

  1. Downs cell
  2. Downs cells
  3. Downs process
  4. downs tools
  5. Downs' process
  6. downsample
  7. downsampled
  8. downsampler
  9. downsamplers
  10. downsamples
  11. downsampling

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