English
discretize
From discrete + -ize.
A compound of discrete + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sieve’
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Latin cernō ‘sift’
Latin discernō ‘divide’
Latin discrētus ‘differentiated’
Old French discret ‘different’
English discrete
Today it means
verb To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.
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Etymograph / discretize