Geglättete

Geglättete is the past participle and, in attributive use, an adjective form of the German verb glätten, meaning to smooth, flatten or polish. It describes something that has undergone a smoothing process or result, such as a surface, curve, signal, or shape.

Etymology and inflection: The word is formed with the prefix ge- and the participle ending -t from glätten. As an adjective it inflects for gender and case (e.g., eine geglättete Oberfläche, ein geglätteter Vorderseite, geglättete Kurve). The base meaning remains the same across contexts: it indicates that smoothing has been applied.

Usage and domains: Geglättete is common in technical and scientific language as well as in everyday speech. In geology or geography one might speak of eine geglättete Felsoberfläche (a smoothed rock surface). In data processing and mathematics it describes a function, curve, or signal that has been softened by a smoothing operation, such as convolution with a Gaussian kernel or filtering techniques. In image and audio processing a geglättetes Bild or geglättetes Audiosignal refers to data that have reduced high-frequency variation for a cleaner or more interpretable result.

Techniques and context: Smoothing methods vary, including moving average, Gaussian smoothing, or more advanced filtering. The term geglättete emphasizes the outcome rather than the method, though the chosen technique influences the specific characteristics of the result, such as edge preservation or blurring levels.

See also: Glätten, Glättung, smoothing, filtering.