quantized

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English

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Etymology

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From quantize +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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quantized

  1. simple past and past participle of quantize

Adjective

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quantized (comparative more quantized, superlative most quantized)

  1. (physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization (i.e. measurement). [from 20th c.]
    • 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 96:
      This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized.

Usage notes

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Most often used in context of the science of quantum mechanics.

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