Definition of "discretization" [discretization]

• The act of making mathematically discrete. (noun)

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• "(Note how Groensteen calls "discretization" an essential element of panel breakdowns above.)"
• "The Framers probably wouldn't have used the word "discretization" (if in fact that is a word?), but they did have a sense of how difficult it is to reliably count votes."
• "It is an instrument in the service of a global artistic project, frequently subordinated to a narrative, or, at least, discursive aim; if it submits a priori to some formal rule that constrains the contents and, in a certain way, creates them, the page layout is generally elaborated from a semantically determined content, where the breakdowns has already assured discretization in successive enunciations known as panels."