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QUANTIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantization mean? 

QUANTIZATION (noun)
  The noun QUANTIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theoryplay

  Familiarity information: QUANTIZATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUANTIZATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

quantisation; quantization

Hypernyms ("quantization" is a kind of...):

division (the act or process of dividing)

Derivation:

quantize (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)

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


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