# binning

Pronunciation: say "BIN-ing" /ˈbɪnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of bin. — present participle and gerund of bin
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of bin. Use it after is or was, or to name the action.
   - _He's binning the whole plan and starting again from scratch._
   - _Binning the readings into hourly intervals made the trend obvious._

## Noun

2. A data pre-processing technique in which values are sorted into small intervals, or bins, and each is replaced by a value representing its interval, often the central one.
   - Simple: A way of preparing data by putting numbers into small ranges and replacing each with one value for its range.
   - _We applied binning to the sensor readings before training the model._
   - _Equal-width binning can hide important differences when the data are heavily skewed._
3. The sorting of finished products into categories according to their characteristics.
   - Simple: Putting finished products into groups based on their features.
   - _The chipmaker's binning sends the fastest processors to its premium product line._
   - _After binning, the LEDs are packed separately by brightness and color._
4. The process of combining the charge from neighboring pixels of an image sensor during readout.
   - Simple: Joining the electric charge from pixels that sit next to each other on an image sensor while it is read.
   - _The astronomer switched on two-by-two binning so the faint nebula would register in a shorter exposure._
   - _On-chip binning trades resolution for sensitivity, which helps when the light is weak._
5. The process of downscaling a digital image or other array by merging blocks of neighboring elements, using the sum, average, median, minimum, or maximum of each block.
   - Simple: Making a digital picture, or any grid of numbers, smaller by turning each small block into one number.
   - _The script applies binning to the satellite images, averaging each four-by-four block of pixels into one._
   - _Median binning of the elevation grid kept isolated spikes from distorting the coarser map._
6. In metagenomics, the sorting of DNA sequence reads or contigs into groups, each assigned to an operational taxonomic unit.
   - Simple: Sorting pieces of DNA data into groups, each one standing for a kind of living thing.
   - _Binning assigned most of the soil sample's reads to a few dozen operational taxonomic units._
   - _Reference-free binning groups contigs by their sequence composition and coverage._

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