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to deconvolve

to deconvolve

9.9
Use a math method to make a blurry image or noisy signal clearer
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːkənˈvɑːlv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : deconvolucionar
  • In order to analyze the results accurately, we must deconvolve the overlapping signals from the experiment.

And then then you use a pseudo random access code to essentially deconvolve the signal for each channel.

Examples

  • Using advanced software, researchers can deconvolve data that appears scrambled to uncover patterns.

  • How do we deconvolve it to get U by itself?

  • So given the code, you sort of deconvolve it back to high dimensional image and you train it using at the set of setting, right?

  • The colours can be deconvolved by using band hat filters.

  • The trick is to deconvolve the spectral components from different seismic wave pulses that can interfere over time.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Overlapping stellar profiles can be accurately deconvolved by fitting the point-spread function simultaneously to many objects in an image.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Images must be deconvolved—a computerized process that sharpens the images and brings out the detail—and corrected for instrumental idiosyncrasies using the point-spread function.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The scientist needs to deconvolve the blurred images to reveal the hidden details.

Synonyms

to unblur
vsto deconvolve
5.8

To make a not clear photo or video sharp and easy to see

uses a mathematical reversal of convolution to restore clarity
to rez
vsto deconvolve
  • Informal
9.6

To make a digital image or screen look sharper and more detailed

focuses on reversing convolution mathematically rather than increasing pixel detail

Antonyms

to blur
61 3.6

To make something hard to see or understand

How Clear

to unblur
5.8
to restore
219 3.5
to deconvolve
  • Specialized
9.9
to capture
  • Specialized
211 3.3

Surface Forms

deconvolve infinitive
deconvolved past
deconvolved past participle
deconvolving present participle
deconvolves third person singular

Morphology

deconvolve = convolve (opaque) = de + con + volve

The word is formed by adding de- to convolve, but the specialized mathematical meaning is not obvious to an average learner.

Etymology

The word deconvolve breaks into de- 'reverse', con- 'together', and volve 'to roll', the same volve you see in revolve. So to deconvolve is like 'unrolling' a picture or signal that has been rolled or mixed together, reversing that mix to make a blurry image or noisy data clearer.