"quantize" meaning in English

See quantize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: quantizes [present, singular, third-person], quantizing [participle, present], quantized [participle, past], quantized [past], quantise [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} quantize (third-person singular simple present quantizes, present participle quantizing, simple past and past participle quantized)
  1. (transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Physics, Quantum mechanics Translations (to limit the number of possible values): квантувам (kvantuvam) (Bulgarian), kvantittaa (Finnish), quantisieren (German), מידוד (mìdud) [masculine] (Hebrew), 量子化する (ryōshika-suru) (Japanese), 양자화하다 (yangjahwahada) (Korean), quantizar (Portuguese), cuantifica (Romanian), cuantizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quantize-en-verb-zKY~DWIS Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to limit the number of possible values': 78 7 4 11
  2. (transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Telecommunications Translations (to approximate a continuously varying signal): kvantittaa (Finnish), 量子化する (ryōshika-suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-quantize-en-verb-4UrWjvjY Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'to approximate a continuously varying signal': 8 74 9 9
  3. (transitive, 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 Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-quantize-en-verb-UI9FVDEA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 47 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 9 50 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 8 29 15 34 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 30 15 37 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 12 49 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 10 47 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 10 49 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 11 11 47 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 9 48 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 11 46 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 14 42 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 11 48 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 11 47 31 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (transitive, mathematics) To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-quantize-en-verb-LTqFawpA Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 8 29 15 34 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 30 15 37 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: quantization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryōshika-suru",
      "sense": "to approximate a continuously varying signal",
      "word": "量子化する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quantize"
}

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