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binning¹

  • /ˈbɪnɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪnɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bin

noun binnings

  1. countable, uncountable A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value.

    Similar: data binning, statistical data binning, discrete binning, bucketing

  2. countable, uncountable The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units.
  3. countable, uncountable The categorization of finished products based on their characteristics.

    Similar: product binning, grading classifying, sorting

  4. countable, uncountable The process of combining charge from adjacent pixels of an image sensor during readout.
  5. countable, uncountable The process of downscaling a digital image (or any array) by combining blocks of adjacent elements by taking the sum, average, median, minimum, or maximum of each block.

Binning²

proper noun Binnings

  1. A surname.

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@misc{binning_2026,
  title = {binning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/binning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}