2006-10-11 08:14:30 · 3 answers · asked by hmmm 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If someone claims that a physical quantity is quantized then they are saying it is not continuous. In other words it is like raindrops, not a stream.
2006-10-11 08:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about it? Are you asking what that means? If so, it means that the quantity only comes in discrete packets or amounts.. or quanta. So in a very, very arbitrary little system, you could say that if a store only sells sodas in six packs and not individual cans that the number of sodas you can purchase from this particular store is quantized, with a single quanta being six cans. This is, of course, a very simplistic way of looking at it.
2006-10-11 15:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by theyuks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quantized basically means that you can put a number to it.
2006-10-11 15:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by Ace of Spades 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋