bucketing

A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value. Wp

The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units. Wp

The categorization of finished products based on their characteristics. Wp

The process of combining charge from adjacent pixels in a CCD image sensor during readout.

To place inside a bucket.

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

“to bucket water”

To rain heavily.

“It’s really bucketing down out there.”

To travel very quickly.

“The boat is bucketing along.”

To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.