superpose
verb
su·per·pose
ˌsü-pər-ˈpōz 
superposed; superposing
1
: to place or lay over or above whether in or not in contact : superimpose
2
: to lay (something, such as a geometric figure) upon another so as to make all like parts coincide
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The atom’s superposed states no longer interfere coherently with one another because they are now entangled with other states in the surrounding environment—including, perhaps, some large measuring instrument.
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Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019
The atom’s superposed states no longer interfere coherently with one another because they are now entangled with other states in the surrounding environment — including, perhaps, some large measuring instrument.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2019
This requires that all possible states of the traveling particle be superposed in a single, coherent quantum state for tens of femtoseconds.
—Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2013
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Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019
The atom’s superposed states no longer interfere coherently with one another because they are now entangled with other states in the surrounding environment — including, perhaps, some large measuring instrument.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2019
This requires that all possible states of the traveling particle be superposed in a single, coherent quantum state for tens of femtoseconds.
—Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2013
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superpose
verb
su·per·pose
ˌsü-pər-ˈpōz
superposed; superposing
: to place or lay over or above another especially so as to make all like parts coincide
congruent triangles can be superposed
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