digitalize
verbUK /ˌdɪdʒɪtəˈlaɪz/ · US /ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz/
Etymology From digital + -ize (“to make”) or digitalis + -ize.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Synonym of digitize.
- How to lawfully digitalize resources has become the principal issue in constructing digital libraries. To digitalize resources means to transform a document into digital format, which only adds a mode of using the resources but does not produce a new one.2004, Tom Mendina, Johannes J. Britz, editors, Information Ethics in the Electronic Age […] , McFarland, →ISBN, page 89:
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Medicine, Sciences To administer digitalis.
- The dosage should be sufficient to produce satisfactory digitalization but it is our impression that it is less hazardous to digitalize with moderate rapidity than by using a massive dose.1951 January, Irving S. Wright, “The treatment of coronary thrombosis with myocardial infarction”, in Veterans Administration Technical Bulletins (10), volume IV, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 3:
- Derived terms
- digitalization