Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discretization

/dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cretiza-tion
IPA: /dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English discrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/
British English: /dɪsˌkɹiːtəˈzeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

discretizations (plural) discretisation (alternative) discretation (alternative)

Derived Forms

discretizational rediscretization semidiscretization ultradiscretization

Frequently Paired Words

quantization dichotomization

Antonyms

smoothing

Questions

How do you pronounce discretization?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/.
What does discretization mean?: The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements
Where does discretization come from?: Etymology tree English discrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

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