smoothing

Meanings

Plural: smoothings

Verb

• make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
• make (a surface) shine
• free from obstructions
• present participle and gerund of smooth

Noun

• The act by which something is made smooth.
• Monophthongization.
• 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.

Synonyms

polish, shine, smooth, smooth out, smoothen

Antonyms

roughen