halving
English edit
Verb edit
halving
- present participle and gerund of halve
Noun edit
halving (plural halvings)
- (mathematics) The process or instance of dividing in half.
- There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings.
- 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:
- Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.