Ancilla
/ænˈsɪ.lə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A maid. rare
"‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […]"
- 2 An auxiliary or accessory
"The filter achieves this two-qubit filtering effect by using two ancilla photons as probes that detect whether or not the two input photons are in the desired states."
- 3 An ancilla bit
"The circuit uses a single ancilla for each stabilizer generator."
Example
More examples"‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […]"
Etymology
From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).