digitizer
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- noun
- /ˈdɪdʒɪˌtaɪzər/
- Specialized
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digitalizador
- OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. OMB-Wavebook-512 is a portable high-speed multichannel digitizer designed to attach to notebook or desktop PCs.
- electromagnetic digitizer
- electromechanical digitizer
- computer and digitizer
And apparently the digitizer is less terrible now and you can actually use the device could be a good Kindle reader.
- And apparently the digitizer is less terrible now and you can actually use the device could be a good Kindle reader.
Examples
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The engineer used a digitizer to accurately convert the blueprints into a digital format for the software.
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Using the Wacom digitizer tablet, scanner, and/or a mouse, the students converted their original sketches to digital format.
Academic text (2008) -
Geometry can be created via keyboard entry or by using the mouse as a digitizer.
Academic text (1994) -
The digitizer only captures the x, y, and z locations of a point in space.
Academic text (1996) -
The learning commons also includes an advanced projects lab that houses a digitizer, 3D printer, poster printer, and large tables for project work.
Academic text (2015) -
Tools at the lab include a point digitizer from Polhemus Inc. of Colchester, Vt.
Academic text (2000) -
The VA-Cyberware prototype digitizer has advanced CAD/CAM technology by in vivo digitization of residual limbs.
Academic text (1996) -
Renishaw markets a retrofit touch scanning system called Retroscan that converts CNC machines into digitizers.
Academic text (1995) -
For her project, she relied on a precise digitizer to transform the analogue sound waves into digital signals.
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The latest digitizer offers high-resolution input, making it ideal for capturing illustrations from physical documents.
Synonyms
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A machine that makes an electronic copy of a paper or photo for a computer
A device that changes electrical signals into digital numbers for computers
A device that changes real signals like sound into digital numbers a computer can use
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Etymology
Digitizer comes from the Latin root digitus, meaning 'finger', and the English word digit, meaning 'number'. So a digitizer is a device that turns touches, sounds, or other signals into 'digits', or numbers a computer can read.