nondemolition
English
Etymology
non- + demolition
Noun
nondemolition (uncountable)
- (quantum mechanics) The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy
- 2007, Kent A. Peacock, The Quantum Revolution, →ISBN, page 158:
- Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it.
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Synonyms
- quantum nondemolition
- QND
Derived terms
- nondemolitional