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.

• 🇨🇳动词，指将连续的量或数值限制、表示为离散单位的过程，常用于物理学、信号处理或计算机领域。

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.

   🇨🇳量化

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.

   🇨🇳量子化