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| {{wiktionary|whitening|whiten|whitener}} | |||
| '''Whitening''' may refer to: | '''Whitening''', '''Whitener''' or '''Whiten''' may refer to: | ||
| * ], the loss of ] color | |||
| {{tocright}} | |||
| * ], a reduced amount of ] in skin or ] | |||
| ==Processes or techniques== | |||
| * Transforming a signal source to make it appear closer to ]. See ], ], ] | |||
| * ], a proposed solar radiation management climate engineering technique | |||
| * The process of making something whiter | |||
| * ], increasing the security of a cryptographic cipher | |||
| * ], an ideology in Brazil 1889–1914 | |||
| ** ], the practice of marrying whiter people in order to have whiter offspring | |||
| * ], decorrelation in signal processing | |||
| * ], using chemical substances to lighten the skin | |||
| * ], an approach to coping with bias in random number generation | |||
| * ], in dentistry | |||
| * ], a leather production process | |||
| * ], in mathematics | |||
| ==People== | |||
| ⚫ | {{disambig}} | ||
| * ] (born 1948), a British zoologist and psychologist | |||
| * ] (born 1945), Canadian sculptor and artist | |||
| * ] (born 1966), American baseball player | |||
| * ] (born 1941), an American-born Canadian artist | |||
| * ] (1915–1989), an American politician | |||
| * ] (1880–1964), a textile artisan in Georgia, US | |||
| * ], founder, chairman, and CEO of The Whitener Company, a Tennessee-based consulting and investment firm | |||
| * ] (born 1964/1965), a Trinidadian-American attorney and jurist | |||
| * ] (1911–1959), an American landscape painter and museum director | |||
| * ] (born 1978), an American musician | |||
| ==Other uses== | |||
| * ], a white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text | |||
| * ], commonly called tea whitener or coffee whitener | |||
| * ], an additive used to enhance the appearance of colour of fabric and paper | |||
| * ], where a white line appears when a material is stressed by bending or punching | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * {{intitle|whiten}} | |||
| * {{intitle|whitener}} | |||
| * {{intitle|whitening}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * '']'', 2002 Supreme Court of Canada case | |||
| ⚫ | {{disambig|surname}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:35, 11 June 2024
Whitening, Whitener or Whiten may refer to:
Processes or techniques
- Cloud whitening, a proposed solar radiation management climate engineering technique
- Key whitening, increasing the security of a cryptographic cipher
- Racial whitening, an ideology in Brazil 1889–1914
- Blanqueamiento, the practice of marrying whiter people in order to have whiter offspring
- Signal whitening, decorrelation in signal processing
- Skin whitening, using chemical substances to lighten the skin
- Software whitening, an approach to coping with bias in random number generation
- Tooth whitening, in dentistry
- Whitening (leather processing), a leather production process
- Whitening transformation, in mathematics
People
- Andrew Whiten (born 1948), a British zoologist and psychologist
- Colette Whiten (born 1945), Canadian sculptor and artist
- Mark Whiten (born 1966), American baseball player
- Tim Whiten (born 1941), an American-born Canadian artist
- Basil Lee Whitener (1915–1989), an American politician
- Catherine Evans Whitener (1880–1964), a textile artisan in Georgia, US
- Gordon Whitener, founder, chairman, and CEO of The Whitener Company, a Tennessee-based consulting and investment firm
- Helen Whitener (born 1964/1965), a Trinidadian-American attorney and jurist
- Paul Whitener (1911–1959), an American landscape painter and museum director
- Todd Whitener (born 1978), an American musician
Other uses
- Corrective fluid, a white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text
- Non-dairy creamer, commonly called tea whitener or coffee whitener
- Optical brightener, an additive used to enhance the appearance of colour of fabric and paper
- Stress-whitening, where a white line appears when a material is stressed by bending or punching
See also
- All pages with titles containing whiten
- All pages with titles containing whitener
- All pages with titles containing whitening
- Albicans (disambiguation)
- Whitten (disambiguation)
- Whiten v Pilot Insurance Co, 2002 Supreme Court of Canada case
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