as in cleansing
the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt
some people must undergo a ritual purification after certain activities
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Raw data, like raw water, must undergo a process of purification to become valuable for AI systems.
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Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Keeping indoor spaces well-ventilated with air purification: This can include using a HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arresting) filter to remove harmful particles from the air.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Data cleaning goes by many names—including data scrubbing, data purification, data refinement and data validation—all of which refer to the process of preparing data for analysis by identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies and irrelevant or redundant information.
—John Case, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
What's next: Windmill wants to roll out more new air care products due for a modern redesign, which could fall into heating or cooling or purification and filtration, Danny Mayer says.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Keeping indoor spaces well-ventilated with air purification: This can include using a HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arresting) filter to remove harmful particles from the air.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Data cleaning goes by many names—including data scrubbing, data purification, data refinement and data validation—all of which refer to the process of preparing data for analysis by identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies and irrelevant or redundant information.
—John Case, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
What's next: Windmill wants to roll out more new air care products due for a modern redesign, which could fall into heating or cooling or purification and filtration, Danny Mayer says.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Purification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purification. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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