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Etymology
1. quantized
adjective. of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states.
Etymology
- -ed (English)
- -od (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- quantize (English)
Sentences with quantized
1. Verb, past participle
These quantized packets mean that the light of a laser always has the energy as a multiple of the energy of a single photon and that it comes in these quantum "packets."
2. Adjective
The quantized levels that electrons can occupy range from low energy ones that don't require much energy to be released and high energy particles that stay close and tight to the nucleus.
