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quantum Zeno effect

quantum Zeno effect noun: a feature of quantum-mechanical systems allowing a particle's time evolution to be slowed down by measuring it frequently enough with respect to some chosen measurement setting.

Noun

quantum Zeno effect

  1. (quantum mechanics) A feature of quantum-mechanical systems allowing a particle's time evolution to be slowed down by measuring it frequently enough with respect to some chosen measurement setting.

Origin of quantum Zeno effect

Named after Zeno of Elea, in analogy to Zeno's arrow paradox.

Questions about quantum Zeno effect

What does quantum Zeno effect mean?
Quantum Zeno effect means a feature of quantum-mechanical systems allowing a particle's time evolution to be slowed down by measuring it frequently enough with respect to some chosen measurement setting.
What part of speech is quantum Zeno effect?
Quantum Zeno effect is a noun.

Words near quantum Zeno effect in the dictionary

  1. quantum valebant
  2. quantum valebat
  3. quantum weirdness
  4. quantum well
  5. quantum wells
  6. quantum Zeno effect
  7. quantum-entangled
  8. quantum-mechanical
  9. quantum-mechanically
  10. quantum-proof
  11. quantum-proofed

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