quantize

Verb

Meaning

apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor

approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values

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Synonyms

quantise rate value measure count estimate survey divide gauge calculate assess weigh compute tally quantification
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Antonyms

disorder estimate guess disrupt confuse mess
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Hypernyms

cypher judge figure estimate gauge calculate

Examples

Quantize gravity Source: Internet

Digital computers, by contrast, must first quantize the signal into a finite number of values, and so can only work with the rational number set (or, with an approximation of irrational numbers). Source: Internet

Sen 1993 In spite of this progress, the relationship between strings and five-dimensional branes remained conjectural because theorists were unable to quantize the branes. Source: Internet

The machine will quantize entries that are slightly off-beat in order to make them exactly in time. Source: Internet

So let's go ahead and try and quantize this model using lookup table quantization. Source: Internet

However, attempts to quantize electromagnetic theory entirely were stymied throughout the 1930s by theoretical formulations yielding infinite energies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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