Quantization

Pronunciation

• enPR: kwântÄ­zāshôn
• Hyphenation: quan + ti + za + tion

Alternative forms

• quantisation

Origin

quantize + -ation.

Full definition of quantization

Noun

1. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
2. (countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory.