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Quantize vs Quantitate - What's the difference?

quantize | quantitate |

As verbs the difference between quantize and quantitate

is that 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 while quantitate is to measure the quantity of especially with high accuracy and including measurement uncertainty, as in quantitative analysis.

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

    quantitate

    English

    Verb

  • To measure the quantity of. Especially with high accuracy and including measurement uncertainty, as in quantitative analysis.

    • Synonyms

    * (assign a quantity to) quantify ----