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🔀 To lose sync ⏩ To shift timing
to dephase

to dephase

1 9.9
Make waves or signals lose their timing so they stop working together
  • verb
  • /diˈfeɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desincronizar
  • The technician will dephase the signal to improve clarity.

Examples

  • Strong magnetic fields may dephase the spins in a sample during an experiment.

  • Environmental noise can dephase quantum bits, making reliable computation difficult.

  • If you dephase the two sound waves, the resulting noise will be less clear.

  • Can you dephase the waves to see the effect?

  • The researchers found that the strong magnetic field could dephase the electrons, disrupting their coherent state.

  • Excessive thermal noise can dephase the quantum system, leading to loss of information.

  • To maintain coherence in the quantum signal, we need to prevent any factors that could dephase it.

Synonyms

to decohere
vsto dephase
  • Specialized
1 9.6

To stop acting as one unit, often in a scientific system

focuses on loss of synchronization or coherence in waves, signals, and quantum states
to desynchronize
vsto dephase
  • Specialized
8.6

Make things that were at the same time happen at different times

focuses on loss of timing and quantum coherence rather than only timing

How Coherent

to detune
  • Specialized
7.4
to dephase
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to desynchronize
  • Specialized
8.6
to decohere
  • Specialized
1 9.6

Surface Forms

dephase infinitive
dephased past
dephased past participle
dephasing present participle
dephases third person singular

Morphology

dephase = phase (semi-transparent) = de + phase

The link to technical 'phase' is clear, but the exact meaning of causing loss of synchronization or coherence is a specialized extension.

Etymology

The word dephase puts de- ('remove') together with phase ('position in its cycle'), so to dephase waves or signals is to make them fall 'out of sync' and stop working together.