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which-path information

which-path information noun: information about which path a particle has taken through space.

Noun

which-path information (uncountable)

  1. (quantum information) information about which path a particle has taken through space
    • Suppose we don't do any measurement on the k beam: we just remove detector D#95;i. We shall now obtain no which-path information.2005, Christopher Gerry, Peter Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics

Questions about which-path information

What does which-path information mean?
Which-path information means information about which path a particle has taken through space.
What part of speech is which-path information?
Which-path information is a noun.

Words near which-path information in the dictionary

  1. which is which
  2. which line goes to
  3. which way the wind is blowing
  4. which's
  5. which've
  6. which-path information
  7. Whicham
  8. Whichard
  9. Whichards
  10. whichaway
  11. whiche

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