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Definition of Smoothing

1. a. & n. fr. Smooth, v.

Definition of Smoothing

1. Verb. (present participle of smooth) ¹

2. Noun. The act by which something is made smooth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smoothing

1. smooth [v] - See also: smooth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoothing

Literary usage of Smoothing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple, ( (1914)
"TABLE 4 The Numerical Smoothing of the Distribution of Table 3 In tabular ... If necessary, a second smoothing may be made of the values obtained by 'the ..."

2. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"TABLE 4 The Numerical Smoothing of the Distribution of Tablc 3 ... If necessary, a second smoothing may be made of the values obtained by the first ..."

3. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests by Guy Montrose Whipple (1910)
"TABLE 4 The Numerical Smoothing of the Distribution of Table 3 In tabular ... If necessary, a second smoothing may be made of the values obtained by the ..."

4. An Introduction to Statistical Methods: A Textbook for College Students, a by Horace Secrist (1917)
"Lines should always be broad enough to be readily followed, but not to sacrifice the accuracy of the ordinate unit. „ (3) Purposes and Methods of Smoothing ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1879)
"I. Smoothing Stones.—An intelligent young weaver, from whom I obtained one of the smoothing stones on the table, said—" That which I now use is of hard wood ..."

6. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"He bent over the boy and contemplated him with kind and pitying interest, tapping the young cheek tenderly and smoothing back the tangled curls with his ..."

7. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"Smoothing by Inspection. The smoothing of a curve may be based on a study of the ... In smoothing a curve the first step is to study the data carefully. ..."

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