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downsample

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
down-sam-ple
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).

verb

To reduce the sample size of a data set by randomly eliminating data points, typically so that it matches the size of another set.

Etymology

From down + sample.

Inflected Forms

downsamples (present, singular) downsampling (participle, present) downsampled (participle, past) downsampled (past)

Derived Forms

downsampler

Antonyms

upsample

Questions

What does downsample mean?
To reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).
Where does downsample come from?
From down + sample.

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