discretization

English

Alternative forms

• discretisation (UK)
• discretation (variant found in technical manuals)

Etymology

From discretize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˌskɹiːtəˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪˌskɹitəˈzeɪʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˌskɹiːtəˈzæɪʃən/

Noun

discretization (countable and uncountable, plural discretizations)

1. (mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements

   Analyses all required a planar mathematical discretization of a region containing a prescribed number of cells with prescribed orientations.

   BLAZE Multiphysics has many features from: discretation, temporal resolution, user modification and post processing.

   • 2013, Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics, page 34:

     For extensional-stress resolving 'shelfy stream' models, differences between model results were mainly due to the choice of spatial discretization.

Antonyms

• smoothing

Hyponyms

• dichotomization (special case in which n = 2)

Derived terms

• discretizational
• rediscretization
• semidiscretization
• ultradiscretization

Translations

act of discretizing

French: discrétisation (fr) f German: Diskretisierung (de) f Icelandic: strjálun f Japanese: 離散化 (ja) Korean: 불연속화 (buryeonsokhwa) Polish: dyskretyzacja f Russian: дискретизация (ru) f (diskretizacija) Swedish: diskretisering c

See also

• quantization
• dichotomization
• discretization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia