"discretize" meaning in English

See discretize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-discretize.wav Forms: discretizes [present, singular, third-person], discretizing [participle, present], discretized [participle, past], discretized [past]
Etymology: From discrete + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|discrete|ize}} discrete + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} discretize (third-person singular simple present discretizes, present participle discretizing, simple past and past participle discretized)
  1. (transitive, mathematics, computing) To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics Translations (convert continuous space into discrete space): discretiseren (Dutch), discrétiser (French), diskretisieren (German), strjála (Icelandic), discretizzare (Italian), zdyskretyzować (Polish), جُزَڻُ (Sindhi), diskretisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-discretize-en-verb-gHumGrXD Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'convert continuous space into discrete space': 80 20
  2. (transitive, loosely) To represent (any spectrum of reality) as a set of discrete categories or classes; to categorize (a spectral aspect of reality) by lumping together some of its finer distinctions. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-discretize-en-verb-ksBWPASF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sindhi translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Sindhi translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discretise [UK] Hyponyms: binarize, dichotomize Derived forms: discretizable, discretization, discretizer, rediscretize Related terms: cutoff, cutpoint

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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