Preprocessing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of processing beforehand. countable, uncountable

    "In pattern recognition we can divide an entire task into three phases: data acquisition, data preprocessing, and decision classification."

  2. 2
    The material formed by a preprocess. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of preprocess form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"In pattern recognition we can divide an entire task into three phases: data acquisition, data preprocessing, and decision classification."

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