QUANTIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantize mean? 

• QUANTIZE (verb)
  The verb QUANTIZE has 2 senses:

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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: QUANTIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they quantize    ... he / she / it quantizes   
Past simple: quantized   
Past participle: quantized   
-ing form: quantizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

quantise; quantize

Hypernyms (to "quantize" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Domain category:

telecommunication ((often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

quantization (the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

quantise; quantize

Context example:

Quantize gravity

Hypernyms (to "quantize" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

quantization (the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory)