Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To administer digitalis in a dosage sufficient to achieve the maximum therapeutic effect without producing toxic symptoms.
  • transitive verb To digitize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb to record digitally, e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.
  • transitive verb to convert from a non-digital form (such as a voltage or an image or an analog recording) to a digital{2} form, for storage or transmission.

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  • verb computing To digitize, to make digital.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb put into digital form, as for use in a computer
  • verb administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects

Etymologies

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digital +‎ -ize (“to make”)

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Examples

  • I find an 40 year old entry under CHF which talks about how to slowly "digitalize" a patient with congestive heart failure and another on how to do the "Ivy bleeding time, both of which are medical museum pieces.

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  • I find an 40 year old entry under CHF which talks about how to slowly "digitalize" a patient with congestive heart failure and another on how to do the "Ivy bleeding time, both of which are medical museum pieces.

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  • Was surprised about how complicated is to combine a landline and dsl. first they needed to “digitalize the line” at the switch, then add all kind of filter boxes around the house …

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  • The company set out in 2004 to digitalize all the books in the world but has run into legal battles.

    Google Can Go Forward With Digitizing Dutch Library Books, Says EU 2010

  • The latest step has been to digitalize the archival collection, and while a lot of work has been done, there's obviously plenty more to go.

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  • To try to digitalize a wide array of books published in the 20th century, French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand has proposed plans to create a central clearing house for out-of-print books.

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  • The latest step has been to digitalize the archival collection, and while a lot of work has been done, there's obviously plenty more to go.

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  • This is part of a plan to digitalize hundreds of thousands of French books in France ' s national library.

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  • Meanwhile Jammu and Kashmir Women Development Corporation Office (JKWDC) today interlinked its office processes with modern office automation system to digitalize its records for early disposal of the cases.

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  • If you digitalize your paint works there little reason not to paint over them, props should be recycled or reused once the movie is filmed, sculptures can and should also be digitalized, shattering the original one is no longer a problem, etc.

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