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decoherences

decoherences is the plural of decoherence.

Meaning of decoherence

Noun

decoherence (countable and uncountable, plural decoherences)

  1. (quantum mechanics) Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
    • There is a sense in which simple interference effects are destroyed when a system's environment becomes correlated with its state. This phenomenon is called decoherence. I shall consider three approaches here. According to one, decoherence alone explains why we get determinate records. According to...1999, Jeffrey A. Barrett, The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds, Oxford University Press, page 221
  2. (dated) The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.

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Questions about decoherences

What is decoherences the plural of?
Decoherences is the plural of decoherence.

Words near decoherences in the dictionary

  1. decohere
  2. decohered
  3. decoherence
  4. decoherence time
  5. decoherence times
  6. decoherences
  7. decoherency
  8. decoherent
  9. decoherer
  10. decoherers
  11. decoheres

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