Quantized
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of quantize form-of, participle, past
- 1 Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization (i.e. measurement).
"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."
- 1 of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From quantize + -ed.
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