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discretization

discretization

9.2
A process that changes continuous numbers or functions into separate parts
  • noun
  • /dɪsˌkɹɛtɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: discretización
  • In statistics, discretization allows continuous variables to be represented as distinct categories.
  • discretization of an image

And that's the same way as you sum over different discretizations of that surface once you once you have defined the unit for that discretization.

Examples

  • Detailed routes require fine-grained discretization, which leads to an exponential number of routes in total.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Similarly, the Bitwise Discord method makes use of the discretization of the signal, but applies a clustering method instead.

    Academic text (2017)

  • So discretization is saying that I'm going to take my horizontal axis and chop it up into number of intervals.

  • By Taylor-expanding Phi(x), we obtain an approximate discretization based on central finite differences.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Actual calculations require high accuracy and thus high-order discretizations, because the cohesive energy is a very small fraction of the ground-state energy.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Furthermore, numerical approximations such as the discretization error in the finite element simulation cause discrepancies between the prediction model and the experiments.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In addition, the modeling of multi-physics problems, like fluid-solid interaction, usually generates non-conforming discretizations at the interfaces.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The discretization of the data helped the researchers analyze the patterns more effectively.

  • The process of discretization transformed the large dataset into manageable segments for analysis.

Synonyms

quantization
vsdiscretization
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Dividing numbers into separate small levels so they fit in a digital system or physics model

is broader and used across many fields not only in physics or digital contexts

How Discrete

quantization
  • Specialized
1 9.2
discretization
  • Specialized
9.2
bucketing
  • Specialized
1 4.8
sampling
  • Specialized
14 5.8

Surface Forms

discretization singular
discretizations plural

Morphology

discretization = discretize (transparent) = discrete + ize + ation

Formed by a productive nominalization (-ation) of the verb 'discretize'; the meaning 'process of making discrete' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word discretization comes from discrete meaning 'separate' and the ending -ization meaning 'the act of making'. Think of it like cutting a smooth ribbon into many small pieces so a computer can work with each part, so discretization is the process of turning continuous data into separate values.