quantization

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[edit] Pronunciation

quan·ti·za·tion

  • enPR: kwântĭzāshôn

[edit] Etymology

Latin quant(um) + “-ization”

[edit] Noun

Singular
quantization

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural quantizations

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. (physics, countable) a procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory.

[edit] Translations

process of approximating a continuous signal
in physics
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