verb
whiten
Whiten (verb) means to make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
verb
1
To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
"Age had whitened his hair."
"The trees in spring whiten with blossoms."
2
To make a repeated block cipher more secure by mixing the data with parts of the key at each round.
3
To adjust data so that its variables are no longer correlated and each has the same variance.
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Etymology
Comes 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”); it is equivalent to white and -en. It is cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), and Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”).
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What is the meaning of whiten?
"whiten" (verb) means to make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
What is another word for whiten?
Other words for "whiten" include white.
What is the opposite of whiten?
The opposite of "whiten" is blacken.
What are the different meanings of whiten?
"whiten" has 3 main meanings: 1. To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching; 2. To make a repeated block cipher more secure by mixing the data with parts of the key at each round; 3. To adjust data so that its variables are no longer correlated and each has the same variance.
