superposition

Examples

• All

• The principle of superposition allows for the combination of different wave functions in physics.

• The idea behind quantum information processing is to use quantum superposition states to transmit, store, and process information.

  Academic text (2012)

• The computer can do this for all N states in the superposition in a single step.

  Academic text (1997)

• We know this is a superposition of two progressive waves.

• So the cat goes into a superposition of being awake and being asleep.

• No, they are all a quantum superposition until a measurement is made.

• At its core is a plasma of electrons in quantum superposition.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Logical operations and parallelism could be achieved using a superposition of quantum states.

  Academic text (2000)

• The system exists as a superposition of an atomic excitation and a photon.

  Academic text (2004)

• A single photon could be created in a superposition of two colors—for example, red and green.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

S

superimposition

vssuperposition

3 7.4

One image or object put over another so both are seen

combines multiple states or effects at once in theoretical or mathematical contexts

Compounds

H

Huygens' principle of superposition

• Specialized

9.9

Movement at any point is the sum of the movements caused by each wave

P

principle of superposition

• Specialized

7.7

A rule that in rock layers left in place the bottom layer is oldest

P

principle of superposition

• Specialized

8.1

A law that when waves overlap their effects add up at each point

S

superposition principle

• Specialized

7.7

The lowest layer in a series of rock layers is the oldest

How Combined

entanglement

3 6.3

superposition

• Specialized

4 8.6

coexistence

16 4.2

separation

89 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology