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discretisation

discretisation is the alternative spelling of discretization.

Meaning of discretization

Noun

discretization (countable and uncountable, plural discretizations)

  1. (cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements
    • Analyses all required a planar mathematical discretization of a region containing a prescribed number of cells with prescribed orientations.

Forms of discretisation

pluraldiscretisations

Origin of discretisation

From discrete + -isation.

Questions about discretisation

What is discretisation the alternative spelling of?
Discretisation is the alternative spelling of discretization.

Words near discretisation in the dictionary

  1. discretionary incomes
  2. discretionary spending
  3. discretionary spendings
  4. discretionless
  5. discretions
  6. discretisation
  7. discretisations
  8. discretise
  9. discretised
  10. discretises
  11. discretising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discretisation (page history and authors); discretization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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