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discretization.

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

14 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪsˌkɹiːtəˈzeɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation/dɪsˌkɹitəˈzeɪʃən/Canada, General-American/dɪsˌkɹiːtəˈzæɪʃən/Australia
  1. The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements

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    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.
Where this word comes 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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