downscaling
Making something smaller
Downscaling is reducing something in size, scope, or resolution.
In computing and graphics, it means converting an image or video to a lower resolution: downscaling 4K footage to 1080p.
In climate science, downscaling refers to deriving local weather predictions from coarser global models.
More broadly, downscaling describes any deliberate reduction: The company is downscaling operations in Europe.
Reducing workforce or scale
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
contraction · cutbacks · recession · downturn · streamlining · efficiency · outsourcing · belt-tightening
Reduced-scale representation
- compactTightly packed together
- pocket-sizeSmall enough to pocket
- microVery small prefix
- nanoMetric prefix for billionth
bonsai · diorama · dollhouse · model · prototype · replica · shrinkage · microfabrication
Lowering sampling rate
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- pixelationVisible square artifacts
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- resamplingRepeated random selection method
thumbnail · low-resolution · bitrate · antialiasing · rendering · encoding · rasterization · lossy
Formal decision or determination
- griddingDividing into uniform squares
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- declutteringEliminating unnecessary possessions
- trimmingCutting away excess
- condensingReducing in volume
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- layoffsMass job eliminations
restructuring · contraction · cutbacks · recession · downturn · streamlining · efficiency · outsourcing · belt-tightening · retrenchment
miniature
Reduced-scale representation
- compactTightly packed together
- pocket-sizeSmall enough to pocket
- microVery small prefix
nano · bonsai · diorama · dollhouse · model · prototype · replica · shrinkage · microfabrication · nanotechnology
downsampling
Lowering sampling rate
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- pixelationVisible square artifacts
- interpolationEstimating between known values
resampling · thumbnail · low-resolution · bitrate · antialiasing · rendering · encoding · rasterization · lossy · decimation
resolution
Formal decision or determination
- griddingDividing into uniform squares
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- declutteringEliminating unnecessary possessions
- trimmingCutting away excess
- condensingReducing in volume
distilling · minimizing · pruning · rationalizing · consolidating
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- conversionsconvert, exchange rate, encoding, transcoding, reformatting
- image resizingzoom, magnification, zooming, cropping, enlarging
- climate modelsclimate model, forecast model, weather model, ensemble, grid cell
- image scalingresize, enlarge, shrink, interpolation, resampling
downscalingupscaling
Increasing resolution or size
scaling up · enlarging · increasing · expanding · magnifying
downscalingupscaling
Increasing resolution or size
scaling up · expanding · growing · ramping up · building up
downscalingupscaling
Increasing resolution or size
upsampling · enhancing · interpolating · supersampling · enlarging
scale, scales, escalator, upscale, scaling, scaled, downsize, downscale, scalene