quantized
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]quantized
- simple past and past participle of quantize
Adjective
[edit]quantized (comparative more quantized, superlative most quantized)
- (physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization (i.e. measurement). [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 96:
- This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized.
Usage notes
[edit]Most often used in context of the science of quantum mechanics.