quantization
/ˌkwɑntəˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- The process of converting a continuous range of values into a set of discrete steps or levels, especially in digital technology.
- In signal processing, quantization reduces the amount of data by rounding values.
- Quantization is used in digital audio to convert sound waves into numbers.
- The image quality suffered because of poor quantization in the compression process.
- In physics, the concept that certain properties, such as energy, exist only in specific, discrete amounts rather than a continuous range.
- The scientist explained the quantization of charge in the experiment.
- Quantum theory is based on the quantization of physical properties.
- The quantization of energy levels explains why atoms emit light at specific colors.
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