quantization

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English

Alternative forms

• quantisation

Pronunciation

• enPR: kwântĭzāshôn

Etymology

quantize +‎ -ation

Noun

quantization (countable and uncountable; plural quantizations)

1. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
2. (countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory.

Translations

process of approximating a continuous signal

Czech: kvantování (cs) n., kvantizace (cs) f. French: quantification (fr) f. German: Quantisierung (de)

Korean: 양자화 (ko) (yangjahwa) Spanish: quantización (es) f., cuantificación (es) f.

in physics

Czech: kvantování (cs) n. Icelandic: skömmtun (is) f.

Spanish: cuantificación (es) f., quantización (es) f.

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Catalan: quántizació Dutch: kwantisatie Estonian: kvantimine Finnish: kvantittuminen French: quantisation Greek: κβάντωση (kvantosi or kvandosi) f. (el) Hungarian: kvantálás

Italian: quantizzazione f. (all) Japanese: 量子 (ryōshi) Latin: quantizatio m. Portuguese: quantizacão Russian: квантование (kvantovanie) Swedish: kvantisering c.