quantized

Describes something that has been restricted to a set of discrete values, often used in physics and digital signal processing.

• 🇫🇷Décrit quelque chose qui a été limité à un ensemble de valeurs discrètes, souvent utilisé en physique et en traitement numérique du signal.

1. Restricted to discrete values C1 formal scientific

   Describing a physical quantity that can only take on specific, discrete values, often in the context of quantum mechanics.

   • The energy levels of an electron in an atom are quantized.
   • In quantum computing, information is stored in quantized states.
   • The light emitted by a laser is a result of quantized transitions.

   🇫🇷quantifié (restreint à des valeurs discrètes)

   Synonymes: discontinuousdiscretegranularquantal

   Antonymes: continuous

2. Digital representation C1 formal IT

   Relating to a process where a continuous range of values is converted into a finite set of discrete values, as in digital signal processing.

   • The analog signal was quantized into a digital format for storage.
   • Quantized data is easier to process but loses some precision.
   • The image quality depends on how finely the colors are quantized.

   🇫🇷Quantifié (numérisation)

   Antonymes: analogcontinuous

• more quantized comparative form
• most quantized superlative form

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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour décrire le processus de limitation ou de conversion d'une variable ou d'un signal en un ensemble de valeurs discrètes, souvent dans le contexte du traitement numérique du signal ou de la physique.

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.

   🇫🇷Quantification (traitement du signal)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Quantifier (en physique quantique)

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