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  • verb Present participle of quantize.

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Examples

  • I've deleted all the audio files, temporarily deleted all the EXS samples used in the song, even deleted everything except for the project file, and it still comes up with the "quantizing" status bar window at 100% and nothing in Logic responds after that.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • As with all human behavioural characteristics whatsoever, culture plays an important role, but quantizing its effects is a pained and vexed issue.

    Ada Lovelace Day - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • But that is only a subset of the more significant challenge, and understanding particle physics beyond the Standard Model was never the primary motivation of most string theorists anyway — it was quantizing gravity.

    Arguments For Things I Don’t Believe, 1: Research on String Theory is Largely a Waste of Time Sean 2007

  • Alright, here are things that brighten the day, such as tomorrow, when I teach beginning string theory course: you just start with a purely intellectual exercise, quantizing a relativistic string.

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

  • Were I to favor the Fairness Doctrine, I would begin by quantizing points of view.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Question for Fairness Doctrine Supporters: 2007

  • Gina, off-debate answer … when quantizing higher spin fields in a Lorentz invariant theory one has to somehow eliminate the negative norm states one encounter (those are states that have negative probabilities, something not so easy to interpret).

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

  • A defensible response to this lack of detailed experimental input would be to place the problem of quantizing gravity on the back burner while we think about other things.

    Arguments For Things I Don’t Believe, 1: Research on String Theory is Largely a Waste of Time Sean 2007

  • (Mine is a clunkier mathematical physics point of view.) “quantizing a relativistic string”: -

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

  • Wheeler, Feynman, and my late colleague de Wit all did many other things, beside their foundational work on quantizing gravity.

    The String Theory Backlash Sean 2006

  • Here is the main point I want to make with this post, trite though it may be: the reason why string theory is so popular in physics departments is because, in the considered judgment of a large number of smart people, it is the most promising route to quantizing gravity and moving physics beyond the Standard Model.

    The String Theory Backlash Sean 2006

  • In today's popular music, producers can use technology to ensure instruments are aligned to the grid. This technique is called quantizing.

    Wonky The Pudding 2023

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