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smoothings

smoothings is the plural of smoothing.

Meaning of smoothing

Noun

smoothing (plural smoothings)

  1. The act by which something is made smooth.
    • For, as I draw closer and closer to the end, I travel in the circle, nearer and nearer to the beginning. It seems to be one of the kind smoothings and preparings of the way.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
  2. Monophthongization.
  3. creation of an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena.

Phrases with smoothings

Questions about smoothings

What is smoothings the plural of?
Smoothings is the plural of smoothing.

Words near smoothings in the dictionary

  1. smoothing out
  2. smoothing over
  3. smoothing someone's feathers
  4. smoothing up
  5. smoothingly
  6. smoothings
  7. smoothish
  8. smoothlier
  9. smoothliest
  10. smoothly
  11. smoothness

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