quantise

A verb used to express the process of limiting or restricting a variable or signal to a set of discrete values, often in the context of digital signal processing or physics.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe el proceso de restringir o convertir una variable o señal a un conjunto de valores discretos, frecuentemente en el contexto del procesamiento digital de señales o la física cuántica.

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 quantised into 256 discrete levels.
   • In digital audio, the waveform is quantised to produce a digital representation.
   • The engineer quantised the data to reduce noise.

   🇪🇸Cuantificar (en procesamiento de señales)

   Sinónimos: quantize

2. Quantum physics C2 formal scientific

   To apply quantum theory to a physical system, restricting certain variables to discrete values that are integral multiples of a fundamental unit.

   • Physicists quantise the energy levels of an electron in an atom.
   • The field was quantised to explain particle interactions.
   • In quantum mechanics, angular momentum is quantised.

   🇪🇸cuantizar

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• quantizing present participle
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