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Meanings of smoothing in English

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Adding malleable material to a surface to fill imperfections and create a smooth surface.

Usage of smoothing in English
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However, these methods critically depend on the smoothing scheme for function interpolation.
Pubmed
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Threshold effect of age on cognition was performed using a smoothing function.
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In particular, we apply this testing framework to smoothing spline ANOVA models.
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The smoothing of every broken edge made perimortem versus postmortem determination impossible.
206 Bones
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It needs smoothing out in spots, but it goes something like this:
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
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Outside it, three workers were smoothing fresh cement on the wide sidewalk.
The Guardian
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There is no name, said she, smoothing it out upon the counter.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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Undine sat absently smoothing the tuft of glossy cock's-feathers in her hat.
The Custom of the Country
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The exponential smoothing winter's multiplication model was selected as the best-fitting model.
Pubmed
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Wolf Gunnerson was smoothing the papers, and he began to read aloud:
Sagittarius Is Bleeding
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The finishing work involves smoothing rough places with a file and painting.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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She turned to the looking-glass with a feint of smoothing her hair.
The Custom of the Country
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He was smoothing the way for dollars to slide out of wallets.
Ronicky Doone
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After a little tender smoothing of his cover the girl turned away.
The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army
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Let not the Macedonian, smoothing down the messages of Mardonius, move you.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book III
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Carefully, he began to preen, pulling out some feathers and smoothing others.
Secrets of the Wolves
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Smoothing through the time
Smoothing across language varieties
United States of America
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