QUANTIZE
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)
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
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; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
