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Quantizer vs Quantize - What's the difference?

quantizer | quantize |

As a noun quantizer

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

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.

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

    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