MEANING
1. To represent or approximate a quantity using a set of discrete values rather than an unrestricted continuum.
2. To replace or reformulate a classical physical description with a corresponding quantum-theoretical one.
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Words that belong together
- quantize a signal
- quantize an image
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The converter quantized the signal before sending it to the display.
She reduced the data rate by quantizing the image more coarsely.
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Word forms
- Base
- quantize
- Past tense
- quantized
- Past participle
- quantized
- Present participle
- quantizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- quantize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are quantizing
- Present perfect
- have/has quantized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been quantizing
- Past
- quantized
- Past continuous
- was/were quantizing
- Past perfect
- had quantized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been quantizing
- Future
- will quantize
- Future continuous
- will be quantizing
- Future perfect
- will have quantized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been quantizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: quantize; quantizes; quantized; quantized; quantizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: quantizes.
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