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superposition
[ soo-per-puh-zish-uhn ]
superposition
/ 藢蝉耻藧辫蓹辫蓹藞锄瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- the act of superposing or state of being superposed
- geology the principle that in any sequence of sedimentary rocks which has not been disturbed, the oldest strata lie at the bottom and the youngest at the top
superposition
- The principle that in a group of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest were the earliest to be deposited.
- The principle by which the description of the state of a physical system can be broken down into descriptions that are themselves possible states of the system. For example, harmonic motion, as of a violin string, can be analyzed as the sum of harmonic frequencies or harmonics, each of which is itself a kind of harmonic motion; harmonic motion is therefore a superposition of individual harmonics.
- The combination of two or more physical states, such as waves, to form a new physical state in accordance with this principle.
- See also waveSee Note at 厂肠丑谤枚诲颈苍驳别谤
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of superposition1
Example Sentences
Qubits can exist in both zero and one states at the same time due to a phenomenon called superposition.
Instead of processing binary bits which exist in one of two states 鈥 one or zero, on or off 鈥 quantum computing uses qubits, which can exist in multiple states, or superpositions.
Wheeler鈥檚 idea of the participatory universe is rooted in quantum mechanics, which allows a particle to be in two places at once by being in what is called a superposition state.
This virtual superposition cannot be directly translated into an actually producible protein.
The phenomenon is called superposition and is one of the key ingredients that enable a quantum computer to perform simultaneous calculations, with enormous computing potential as a result.
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