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downsampling

downsampling is the present participle and gerund of downsample.

Meaning of downsample

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.

Noun

downsampling (plural downsamplings)

  1. An instance of something being downsampled.

Forms of downsampling

pluraldownsamplings

Questions about downsampling

What does downsampling mean?
Downsampling means an instance of something being downsampled.
What is downsampling the present participle and gerund of?
Downsampling is the present participle and gerund of downsample.
What part of speech is downsampling?
Downsampling is a noun.
What is the plural of downsampling?
The plural of downsampling is downsamplings.

Words near downsampling in the dictionary

  1. downsample
  2. downsampled
  3. downsampler
  4. downsamplers
  5. downsamples
  6. downsampling
  7. downsamplings
  8. downscalable
  9. downscale
  10. downscaled
  11. downscaler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downsampling (page history and authors); downsample (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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