Nondemolition

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Noun
  1. 1
    The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy. uncountable

    "Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it."

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qndqndquantum nondemolitionquantum nondemolition

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"Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it."

Etymology

From non- + demolition.

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