"regularization" meaning in English

See regularization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-regularization.wav Forms: regularizations [plural]
Etymology: From regular + -ization. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|regular|ization}} regular + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} regularization (countable and uncountable, plural regularizations)
  1. The act of making regular, of regularizing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of regularizing): 正則化 (Chinese Mandarin), 正则化 (zhèngzéhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), регулярлау (regulärlau) (Kazakh), regularização [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-regularization-en-noun-89VNg3Uv Disambiguation of 'the act of regularizing': 86 14
  2. (mathematics, computer science, finance) a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer science, Finance, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-regularization-en-noun-OFykNQJC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68 Topics: business, computer, computing, engineering, finance, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Hadamard regularization, Tikhonov regularization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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