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quantize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb quantize has 2 senses
- quantize(v = verb.cognition) quantise - approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values; Array is one way to approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
- quantize(v = verb.cognition) quantise - apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity" is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
Derived form noun quantization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun quantization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quantize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 form into quanta.
2 apply quantum mechanics to.
1 form into quanta.
2 apply quantum mechanics to.
Derivative
quantization n.
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