different between quantify vs quantize

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quantificare (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw??n.t?.fa?/

Verb

quantify (third-person singular simple present quantifies, present participle quantifying, simple past and past participle quantified)

1. To assign a quantity to.
2. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
3. (logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ?) or there exists (denoted ?).

Synonyms

• (measure the quantity of): quantitate

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• quantise

Verb

quantize (third-person singular simple present quantizes, present participle quantizing, simple past and past participle quantized)

1. (transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
2. (transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
3. (transitive, 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

Derived terms

• quantization

Descendants

• ? Spanish: cuantizar

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