discretization

== English == === Alternative forms === discretisation (UK) discretation (variant found in technical manuals) === Etymology === From discretize + -ation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˌkɹiːtəˈzeɪʃən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪsˌkɹiːtəˈzæɪʃən/ === Noun === discretization (countable and uncountable, plural discretizations) (mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements ==== Antonyms ==== smoothing ==== Hyponyms ==== dichotomization (special case in which n = 2) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== quantization dichotomization discretization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia