Smoothing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 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.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of smooth form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"She had a real talent for smoothing over troubled situations."