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preprocessing

preprocessing is the present participle and gerund of preprocess.

Noun

preprocessing (countable and uncountable, plural preprocessings)

  1. The act of processing beforehand.
    • In pattern recognition we can divide an entire task into three phases: data acquisition, data preprocessing, and decision classification.2002, Sing-Tze Bow, editor, Pattern Recognition and Image Preprocessing, Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN
    • Despite extensive data cleaning and preprocessing, it was not possible to completely eliminate all noise in such a large corpus.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
  2. The material formed by a preprocess.

Meaning of preprocess

Verb

preprocess (third-person singular simple present preprocesses, present participle preprocessing, simple past and past participle preprocessed)

  1. To process in advance.
    • If the desired result is to perform the smallest possible rotation between each pair of two orientations, you can preprocess the quaternions to achieve this.2001, Mark A. DeLoura, editor, Game Programming Gems 2, Charles River Media, Inc., →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    postprocess

Antonyms of preprocessing

Forms of preprocessing

pluralpreprocessings
alternative formpre-processing

Questions about preprocessing

What does preprocessing mean?
Preprocessing means the act of processing beforehand.
What is preprocessing the present participle and gerund of?
Preprocessing is the present participle and gerund of preprocess.
What part of speech is preprocessing?
Preprocessing is a noun.
What is the plural of preprocessing?
The plural of preprocessing is preprocessings.

Words near preprocessing in the dictionary

  1. preprocedurally
  2. preprocedure
  3. preprocess
  4. preprocessed
  5. preprocesses
  6. preprocessing
  7. preprocessings
  8. preprocessor
  9. preprocessors
  10. preprocollagen
  11. preprocurement

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