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quantization | quantized |

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 quantized is

(quantize).

As an adjective quantized is

(physics) expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization.

quantization

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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.

    • quantized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (quantize)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization.
  • *2011 , & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe , Allen Lane 2011, p. 96:
  • *:This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized .