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What does quantize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word quantize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
  2. (transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
  3. (music) To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
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In order to explain a quantized absorption and emission of radiation by matter, it seemed sufficient to quantize the possible energy states in matter.
If, for example, you take a passage containing successions of sixteenth notes and quantize it to quarter notes, the beginning of each succession of sixteenth notes will be moved to the nearest quarter note.
Quantize power can be more or less strong.
If you now quantize a note, for example, by double-clicking on it with the Timing Tool, the position anchor will snap to the left-hand side of the grey frame.
Lattice-gauge theorists use the Feynman path-integral technique to quantize the field theory.
This seismic work led to an effort to quantize earthquake hazards.

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