"binarize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: binarizes [present, singular, third-person], binarizing [participle, present], binarized [participle, past], binarized [past]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 26 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 26 28 25 22 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. To convert (an image) to only black and white.
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-m3DY49NG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 26 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 26 28 25 22
  3. (statistics) To dichotomize a variable. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-6nY3SVhA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 26 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 26 28 25 22 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  4. To treat or represent a distinction as a binary or dichotomy.
    Sense id: en-binarize-en-verb-lk6ik6hT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 26 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 26 28 25 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: binarization

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