whiten

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
2. To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
3. To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.

Konzepte

weißen

bleichen

kalken

tünchen

weiß machen

Synonyme

bleach

whitewash

blanch

pale

white

fade

become white

wash

🧽

make white

turn white

dim

launder

lighten

paint

pelt

peroxide

pipe-clay

purify

scald

shower

🚿

snow

❄️

whitening

become pale

decolor

decolorise

decolour

decolourise

make pure

paint white

white-wash

grow white

lime wash

be white snow

bleaching

bleach out

blench

clean

cleanse

clear

decolorize

decolourize

decorate

exonerate

Übersetzungen

blanchir

blanquear

imbiancare

sbiancare

ασπρίζω

witten

bleken

λευκαίνω

wit maken

branquear

ağarmak

ağartmak

albare

emblanquecer

beyazlanmak

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: whitenen

Verwandt mit Isländisch: hvítna

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: vitna

Verwandt mit Dänisch: hvidne

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: hwītian

In summary

From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”).