superposed

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Recent Examples of superposed Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents. Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023 Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world. Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021 Google’s machine has 53 qubits, which between them can represent nearly ten million billion possible superposed states. The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019 Before the measurement, the various superposed states interfere with one another in a wavelike manner, producing outcomes with higher or lower probabilities. Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019
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underlying
Adjective
  • The new vaccine is set to be used for adults 65 or older or people between the ages of 12 and 64 with at least one or more underlying risk factor as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • Many are not ready to return Patrick Mignon, a sports sociologist and author, says that eruptions of violence around sporting events in Paris reflect the underlying mistrust that exists between the police and disaffected young people from the city’s disadvantaged suburbs.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“Superposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superposed. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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