Etymograph

English

discretization

From discretize + -ation.

A compound of discretize + -ation

Today it means

noun The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “discretization”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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