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Quantized vs Quantizer - What's the difference?

quantized | quantizer |

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.

As a noun quantizer is

an electronic device that samples a varying quantity (eg a waveform) and generates a digital response.

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 .

    • quantizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response

    • Related terms

    * quantization

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