"quantization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: quantizations [plural]
enPR: kwŏntĭzāshən Etymology: quantize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quantize|ation}} quantize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quantization (countable and uncountable, plural quantizations)
  1. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Signal processing, Video compression Translations (process of approximating a continuous signal): kvantování [neuter] (Czech), kvantizace [feminine] (Czech), kvantisointi (Finnish), quantification [feminine] (French), Quantisierung [feminine] (German), Quantelung [feminine] (German), κβαντισμός (kvantismós) [masculine] (Greek), 양자화 (yangjahwa) (alt: 量子化) (Korean), quantização [feminine] (Portuguese), квантование (kvantovanije) [neuter] (Russian), дискретизация (diskretizacija) [feminine] (Russian), cuantificación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quantization-en-noun-iCfn-ls3 Disambiguation of Video compression: 66 34 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing Disambiguation of 'process of approximating a continuous signal': 88 12
  2. (countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta Tags: countable Categories (topical): Physics, Quantum mechanics Translations (in physics): 量子化 (liàngzǐhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), kvantování [neuter] (Czech), kvantittaminen (Finnish), quantification [feminine] (French), Quantisierung [feminine] (German), Quantelung [feminine] (German), skömmtun [feminine] (Icelandic), кванттау (kvanttau) (Kazakh), quantização [feminine] (Portuguese), cuantificación [feminine] (Spanish), cuantización [feminine, neologism] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quantization-en-noun-hf~KQxR- Disambiguation of Quantum mechanics: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 36 64 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'in physics': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quantisation Derived forms: requantization, space quantization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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