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postselective

postselective adjective: following selection.

Adjective

postselective (not comparable)

  1. Following selection
    • We explore the theoretical possibilities of realizing a high-fidelity two-qubit quantum operation necessary for the purification protocol with the help of a postselective balanced homodyne photodetection.2015, József Zsolt Bernád, Juan Mauricio Torres, Ludwig Kunz, Gernot Alber, “Multiphoton states assisted entanglement purification of material qubits”, in arXiv

Origin of postselective

From post- + selective.

Questions about postselective

What does postselective mean?
Postselective means following selection.
What part of speech is postselective?
Postselective is an adjective.

Words near postselective in the dictionary

  1. postseismic
  2. postseizural
  3. postseizure
  4. postselected
  5. postselection
  6. postselective
  7. postsemester
  8. postseparation
  9. postseptal
  10. postserial
  11. postsermon

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