whitening

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of whiten

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
2. (countable, uncountable) A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process of making something white or whiter.

whiten

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.

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Synonyms

lightening

bleaching

whitewashing

chalk

dace

whiten

whiting

blanching

lime wash

bleach

brightening

Translations

λεύκανση

blanchiment

blanchissement

blanqueo

Aufhellung

Aufhellen

Bleiche

Abbleichen

Bleichen

άσπρισμα

κόνη κιμωλιάς

λευκίσκος

λευκαντικό

Weißfärbung

Bleichung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/