superposition
IPA: supɝpʌzˈɪʃʌn
noun
- The placing of one thing on top of another.
- (geology) The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older.
- (quantum mechanics) The situation in quantum mechanics where two or more quantum states are added together (superposed) to yield another valid quantum state.
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Examples of "superposition" in Sentences
- I am in a quantum superposition.
- Application of the law of superposition.
- Linear systems are subject to superposition.
- Superposition poses a threat to this theory.
- It is not supposed to have a superposition of positions.
- We are getting better at keeping things in superposition.
- Superposition as modified by archaeological considerations.
- These phenomena are superposition, entanglement and collapse.
- A magnetic bottle is the superposition of two magnetic mirrors.
- It is the superposition of uniform flow, a doublet, and a vortex.
- The superposition calculus makes no prediction about the cost of mitigation.
- And one of the crazy consequences of quantum theory is that we can put an ion into something called a superposition state.
- If a cat's life was directly tied to a quantum effect in superposition, would the cat be both alive and dead at the same time?
- There is no mystery as to how the photon can be in superposition in both space and time if 4D spacetime is considered really real.
- A simple superposition is not possible, because the knowledge of the weight in the equation of every single factor is unknown to man.
- A simple way to understand this is that the simple meaning of the word superposition is the placement of one thing on top of another.
- The single electron at the top (in superposition of both spin up and spin down states) is measured, and reduces to a single classical state (e.g. spin down).
- Penrose had an answer to why large things don't appear in superposition (the more the mass, the faster to Objective Reduction (OR) due to gravitational energy), but he didn't have a ready answer for why observations caused OR.