Quantize

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quantize
       v 1: telecommunications: approximate (a signal varying
            continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is
            restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values [syn:
            {quantise}]
       2: apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible


          values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or
          system) so that certain variables can assume only certain
          discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a
          common factor; "Quantize gravity" [syn: {quantise}]