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Quantise vs Quantize - What's the difference?

quantise | quantize |

As verbs the difference between quantise and quantize

is that quantise is an alternative spelling of quantize while quantize is to limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics.

quantise

English

Verb

(quantis)

    • Anagrams

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    quantize

    English

    Verb

    (quantiz)
  • (physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
  • (telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
  • (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

    • Derived terms

    * quantization