quantize

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale

Mathematics, Sciences To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).