Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prewhiten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prewhiten
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To modify (a data set) to make the samples statistically independent, analogous to white noise.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From pre- + whiten.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

prewhitens (present, singular) prewhitening (participle, present) prewhitened (participle, past) prewhitened (past)

Questions

What does prewhiten mean?
To modify (a data set) to make the samples statistically independent, analogous to white noise.
Where does prewhiten come from?
From pre- + whiten.

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