Quantize

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Transitive verb

to quantize

  1. (physics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) to limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
  2. (telecoms) to approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values

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