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premeasurement

premeasurement noun: measurement before some other operation.

Noun

premeasurement (plural premeasurements)

  1. measurement before some other operation
  2. The preparation of a system for obtaining a desired result, typically the confinement of an object system in a small but macroscopic region of space-time.
    • We would like now to show that the counterpart of the conditional probability ℘(jǀk) in quantum mechanics is indeed the probability of a final detection event, which, given a certain experimental context (a premeasurement), allows us to finally ascribe a property to the object system (the system...2015, Shan Gao, Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality, →ISBN, page 42

Forms of premeasurement

pluralpremeasurements

Origin of premeasurement

From pre- + measurement.

Questions about premeasurement

What does premeasurement mean?
Premeasurement means measurement before some other operation.
What part of speech is premeasurement?
Premeasurement is a noun.
What is the plural of premeasurement?
The plural of premeasurement is premeasurements.

Words near premeasurement in the dictionary

  1. Premaydena
  2. premazepam
  3. premeal
  4. premeasure
  5. premeasured
  6. premeasurement
  7. premeasurements
  8. premeasures
  9. premeasuring
  10. premechanical
  11. premechanization

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