quantize

English

Alternative forms

• quantise

Verb

quantize (third-person singular simple present quantizes, present participle quantizing, simple past and past participle quantized)

1. (transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
2. (transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
3. (transitive, music) To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
4. (transitive, mathematics) To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).

Derived terms

• quantization

Descendants

• → Spanish: cuantizar

Translations

to limit the number of possible values

• Bulgarian: квантувам (kvantuvam)
• Finnish: kvantittaa
• German: quantisieren (de)
• Japanese: 量子化する (ryōshika-suru)
• Korean: 양자화하다 (yangjahwahada)
• Portuguese: quantizar
• Romanian: cuantifica (ro)
• Spanish: cuantizar (es)

to approximate a continuously varying signal

• Finnish: kvantittaa
• Japanese: 量子化する (ryōshika-suru)