quantize

A verb used to express the process of limiting or expressing a continuous quantity in discrete units, often in the context of physics, signal processing, or computing.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das den Prozess bezeichnet, eine kontinuierliche Größe in diskrete Einheiten zu unterteilen oder als diskrete Werte auszudrücken, häufig in Physik, Signalverarbeitung oder Informatik.

1. Signal processing C1 formal technical

   To approximate a continuously varying signal by restricting its amplitude to a set of discrete values.

   • The analog signal was quantized into 256 discrete levels.
   • In digital audio, the waveform is quantized to produce a digital representation.
   • Quantization error occurs when the continuous signal is approximated.

   🇩🇪Quantisierung

2. Quantum physics C2 formal scientific

   To apply quantum theory to a physical system, restricting certain variables to discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.

   • Physicists quantize the energy levels of an electron in an atom.
   • The field was quantized to explain particle interactions.
   • Quantizing the harmonic oscillator yields discrete energy states.

   🇩🇪Quantisieren