discretization

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

English discrete

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English discretize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English discretization

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
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

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