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quantized

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒntʌɪzd/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English quantize English -ed English quantized From quantize + -ed.

  1. Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization (i.e. measurement).

    This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English quantize English -ed English quantized From quantize + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of quantize
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