Superposition

Word SUPERPOSITION
Character 13
Hyphenation su per po si tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Superposition"

What do we mean by superposition?

The act of superposing or the state of being superposed. noun

The principle that in a group of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest were the earliest to be deposited. noun

The combination of two or more physical states, such as waves, to form a new physical state in accordance with the superposition principle. noun

To superpose. transitive verb

The act of superposing; a placing above or upon; a lying or being situated above or upon something else. noun

In botany, same as anteposition, 2. noun

Specifically, in geology, noting the relations of stratified formations to one another from the point of view of the relative time of their deposition. noun

In geometry, the ideal operation of carrying one magnitude to the space occupied by another, and showing that they can be made to coincide throughout their whole extent. noun

In the early church, an addition to or extension of a fast; a fast longer than the ordinary fast. noun

The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed. noun

The placing of one thing on top of another noun

The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older noun

The placement of one thing on top of another noun

(geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another noun

(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest noun

(geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide noun

The placing of one thing on top of another.

The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older.

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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The word "superposition" in example sentences

A simple superposition is not possible, because the knowledge of the weight in the equation of every single factor is unknown to man. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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? ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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). ❋ Unknown (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And one of the crazy consequences of quantum theory is that we can put an ion into something called a superposition state. ❋ Mark Alpert (2011)

We are getting better at keeping things in superposition. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The mechanism that will make this possible is known as superposition, and the switches are referred to as quantum bits. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Plus, not only do the photons have this mix of quantum identities, a state formally called superposition, they are also entangled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not only do the two photons serving as qubits in this device have this mix of quantum identities, a state formally called superposition, they are also "entangled." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Basically, the rules of quantum mechanics allow things like photons to be in two states at once, called a superposition state. ❋ Chris Lee (2010)

The fundamental advantage of quantum information systems is that whereas a conventional digital bit can be 0 or 1, a qubit can be in a so-called superposition of 0 and 1 simultaneously. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the marvelous little wrinkles of the quantum world is a condition known as superposition, in which a particle can occupy two states at the same time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is called a superposition state or quantum coherence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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