digitalize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪdʒɪtəˈlaɪz/ (UK)
- /ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From digital + -ize (“to make”) or digitalis + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) Synonym of digitize.
How to lawfully digitalize resources has become the principal issue in constructing digital libraries. To digitalize resources means to transform a document into digital format, which only adds a mode of using the resources but does not produce a new one.
2004, Tom Mendina, Johannes J. Britz, editors, Information Ethics in the Electronic Age […] , McFarland, →ISBN, page 89:
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To administer digitalis.
The dosage should be sufficient to produce satisfactory digitalization but it is our impression that it is less hazardous to digitalize with moderate rapidity than by using a massive dose.
1951 January, Irving S. Wright, “The treatment of coronary thrombosis with myocardial infarction”, in Veterans Administration Technical Bulletins (10), volume IV, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| digitalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| digitalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| digitalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| digitalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| digitalise | alternative | lexicographic |