quantization

English

Alternative forms

quantisation

Etymology

quantize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quantization (countable and uncountable, plural quantizations)

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

Derived terms

Translations

process of approximating a continuous signal

Czech: kvantování n, kvantizace f
Finnish: kvantisointi
French: quantification (fr) f
German: Quantisierung (de) f, Quantelung (de) f
Greek: κβαντισμός (el) m (kvantismós)
Korean: 양자화(量子化) (yangjahwa)
Portuguese: quantização f
Russian: квантование (ru) n (kvantovanije), дискретизация (ru) f (diskretizacija)
Spanish: cuantificación f

in physics

Chinese:
Mandarin: 量子化 (zh) (liàngzǐhuà)
Czech: kvantování n
Finnish: kvantittaminen
French: quantification (fr) f
German: Quantisierung (de) f, Quantelung (de) f
Icelandic: skömmtun f
Kazakh: кванттау (kvanttau)
Portuguese: quantização f
Spanish: cuantificación f, (neologism) cuantización (es) f

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: quántizació
Dutch: kwantisatie (nl)
Estonian: kvantimine
French: quantisation (fr)
Hungarian: kvantálás (hu)
Italian: quantizzazione (it) f (all)
Japanese: 量子 (ja) (ryōshi)
Latin: quantizatio m
Russian: квантование (ru) (kvantovanije)
Swedish: kvantisering c

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