discretization

English

Alternative forms

• discretisation (UK)
• discretation (variant found in technical manuals)

Etymology

From discretize +‎ -ation.

Noun

discretization (countable and uncountable, plural discretizations)

1. (mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements

   Analyses all required a planar mathematical discretization of a region containing a prescribed number of cells with prescribed orientations.

   BLAZE Multiphysics has many features from: discretation, temporal resolution, user modification and post processing.

Antonyms

• smoothing

Hyponyms

• dichotomization (special case in which n = 2)

Derived terms

• discretizational

Translations

act of discretizing

• French: discrétisation (fr) f
• German: Diskretisierung (de) f
• Icelandic: strjálun f
• Japanese: 離散化 (ja)
• Korean: 불연속화 (buryeonsokhwa)
• Polish: dyskretyzacja f
• Russian: дискретизация (ru) f (diskretizacija)
• Swedish: diskretisering c

See also

• quantization
• dichotomization
• discretization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia