discretization

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[dih-skree-tuh-zey-shuhn] / dɪˌskri təˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

Mathematics.

1. the act or process of making mathematically discrete.

2. the process of dividing a geometry into finite elements to prepare for analysis.

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Example Sentences

One way that those limits could manifest themselves is in the discretization of the world, perhaps showing up in spatial and temporal resolution barriers.

From Scientific American

To reduce the effect of discretization on the entropy calculation in both analyses, clusters of tag sequences were included in the analysis only if they had a minimum of 20 tag sequences.

From Nature