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whiten¹
- /ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/
- [ˈ(h)waɪ̯tn̩]
- [ˈ(h)waɪ̯ʔn̩]
Rhymes with -aɪtən
Where it comes from
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”).
verb whitens · whitening · whitened
- (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. Age had whitened his hair.
- To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
- To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.
Whiten²
proper noun Whitens
- A surname.
Translations
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verb to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch
| Español | blanquear, albear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하얗게 하다 hayake hada |
| 日本語 | 白くする shirokusuru, 白める shiromeru |
| Português | branquear, embranquecer |
| Français | blanchir |
| Deutsch | weißen |
| Italiano | imbiancare, sbiancare |
| Ελληνικά | λευκαίνω lefkaíno, ασπρίζω asprízo |
| Română | albi |
| Русский | бели́ть belítʹ, побели́ть pobelítʹ, отбе́ливать bleach, отбели́ть otbelítʹ |
| العربية | بَيَّضَ bayyaḍa |
| עברית | הִלְבִּין hilbín |
verb to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch
| Español | blanquear, albear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하얘지다 hayaejida, 희어지다 huieojida |
| 日本語 | 白む shiramu, 白ばむ shirobamu, 白くなる shirokunaru |
| Português | embranquecer |
| Français | blanchir |
| Deutsch | weiß werden |
| Italiano | imbiancarsi, sbiancarsi |
| Ελληνικά | λευκαίνω lefkaíno, ασπρίζω asprízo |
| Română | albi |
| Русский | беле́ть belétʹ, побеле́ть pobelétʹ |
| العربية | اِبْيَضَّ ibyaḍḍa |
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