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digitalization

American  
[dij-i-tl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌdɪdʒ ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. (in the treatment of heart disease) the administration of digitalis, usually in a regimen, to produce a desired physiological effect.

  2. the effect produced.


Etymology

Origin of digitalization

First recorded in 1880–85; digitalize + -ation


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Building and maintaining personal contacts matters even more with the world’s increased digitalization, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Rising digitalization and AI adoption are expected to support information and communications services activity, the economists say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

But as you think about self-reliance, digitalization, and the AI push, you need good networks to monetize all of that.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

And now because of digitalization and how that has changed the way politics work, they want us to do a new audit, and I was appointed by the government to lead that team of researchers.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

With the advent of digitalization, technological convergence has been set into motion.

From A Short History of EBooks by Marie Lebert

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