"binarize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-binarize.wav Forms: binarizes [present, singular, third-person], binarizing [participle, present], binarized [participle, past], binarized [past]
Etymology: From binary + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|binary|ize}} binary + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} binarize (third-person singular simple present binarizes, present participle binarizing, simple past and past participle binarized)
  1. (mathematics) To represent in binary (base 2) notation Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-1JLlieGM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 15 13 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 52 18 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 8 7 6 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. To convert (an image) to only black and white.
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-m3DY49NG
  3. (statistics) To dichotomize a variable. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-6nY3SVhA Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  4. To treat or represent a distinction as a binary or dichotomy.
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-lk6ik6hT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: binarization, debinarize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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