whiten
/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/verb
Elementary
1
(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
2
To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
3
To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing