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coarse-grainings

coarse-grainings is the plural of coarse-graining.

Meaning of coarse-graining

Noun

coarse-graining (countable and uncountable, plural coarse-grainings)

  1. The rescaling of a phenomenon into units or cells of size close to the uncertainty of measurement.
    • As human observers we focus almost entirely on coarse-grainings of this quasiclassical realm. However, quantum theory does not distinguish the classical realm from other decoherent sets...2005, James B. Hartle, “What Connects Different Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics?”, in Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics?, →ISBN, page 75

Questions about coarse-grainings

What is coarse-grainings the plural of?
Coarse-grainings is the plural of coarse-graining.

Words near coarse-grainings in the dictionary

  1. coarse
  2. coarse fish
  3. coarse-grained
  4. coarse-grainedness
  5. coarse-graining
  6. coarse-grainings
  7. coarse-handed
  8. Coarsegold
  9. coarsehanded
  10. coarsely
  11. coarsen

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