Superpositioned

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    positioned on top of another not-comparable

    "When, for instance, we observe a Geiger counter (or when we open Schrödinger's box and take a look) the superpositioned states seem to have been collapsed into a singular state (the cat is either dead or alive)."

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"When, for instance, we observe a Geiger counter (or when we open Schrödinger's box and take a look) the superpositioned states seem to have been collapsed into a singular state (the cat is either dead or alive)."

Etymology

From super- + positioned.

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