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Quantization vs Quantize - What's the difference?

quantization | quantize | Derived terms |

Quantization is a derived term of quantize.


As a noun quantization

is (uncountable|signal processing) the process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.

As a verb quantize is

(physics) to limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics.

quantization

English

Alternative forms

* quantisation

Noun

  • (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
  • (countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory.

    • 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