quantization

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English quantize
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English quantization

    From quantize + -ation.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: kwŏntĭzāshən
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Hyphenation: quan‧ti‧za‧tion

    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; to represent by quanta

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