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discretise

discretise is the alternative form of discretize.

Meaning of discretize

Verb

discretize (third-person singular simple present discretizes, present participle discretizing, simple past and past participle discretized)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To represent (any spectrum of reality) as a set of discrete categories or classes; to categorize (a spectral aspect of reality) by lumping together some of its finer distinctions.
    • A rainbow truly contains thousands of color values but can usually be discretized by human sentience into bands of primary and secondary colors.

Forms of discretise

third-person singular presentdiscretises
present participlediscretising
past participlediscretised
pastdiscretised

Questions about discretise

What is discretise the alternative form of?
Discretise is the alternative form of discretize.

Words near discretise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discretise (page history and authors); discretize (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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