Word: discretize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: di
scre
tize
Definition: To represent (any spectrum of reality) as a set of discrete categories or classes; to categorize (a spectral aspect of reality) by lumping together some of its finer distinctions.
Morphemes:
Affix: discrete
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: asunder, apart, in two
Affix: cernō
Language: la
Decoded: cerno
Meaning: sift
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective