quantized
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒntʌɪzd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English quantize English -ed English quantized From quantize + -ed.
- 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.
- simple past and past participle of quantize