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Etymology

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quantize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: kwŏntĭzāshən
  • Hyphenation: quan‧ti‧za‧tion

Noun

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quantization (countable and uncountable, plural quantizations)

  1. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values
  2. (countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta

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