quantize

英 ['kwɒntaɪz] 美 ['kwɒntaɪz]

• vt. 使量化；数字转换

英英释义

Verb:

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;

   "Quantize gravity"
   

经典引文

• The position was then quantized, that is, expressed as a whole number of unit distances.

  出自： F. Smyth

近反义词

【近义词】

• quantise 量化