to divide a range of values that a variable (quantity) can assume into a finite number of predetermined adjacent intervals, not necessarily equal, in which any value within a given interval is represented by a single predetermined value within this interval, called 'quantized value' Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=351-21-56
[v] - telecommunications: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values 2. [v] - physics: apply quantum theory to Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=quantize
to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values. · to change the description of (a physical system) from classical to quantum-mechanical, usually resulting in discrete values for observable quantities, as energy or angular momentum. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/quantize