unˈsmoothed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
a. Not made smooth; left rough, uneven, etc. b. Of data, etc. (cf. smooth v. 1 e). c. Of a voltage: with any ripple left in.
| 1614 Wither Sat. to King 30 Let it not therefore now be deemed strange, My vnsmooth'd lines their rudenesse do not change. 1648 Hexham ii, Ongevlackt, vnplained, or vnsmoothed. 1841 Lytton Nt. & Morn. i. i, The clothes..were thrown carelessly about, unsmoothed, and unbrushed. 1866 G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 225 A tolerably even slab,..unsmoothed except by the hand of nature. 1945 16th Census: Population: Diff. Fertility: Women by Children under 5 (U.S. Bureau of Census) 2/2 An indication of the effect of inaccuracy in reported ages of women on the fertility statistics is given by a comparison of the unsmoothed figures with the smoothed figures. 1957 Practical Wireless XXXIII. 557/1 The frequency of the mains input is 50 c.p.s. and the output ‘unsmoothed’ H.T. has a 100 c.p.s. ripple. 1981 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. LXXXVI. 8002/1 The relative velocities are computed from the unsmoothed data. |