superposed

Definition of superposednext

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superposed
underlying
Adjective
  • Fed officials then could look through the March spike and concentrate more on the underlying path of inflation, which has remained above target for five years.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • One said an underlying measure of inflation the Federal Reserve considers important was slightly hotter in February than economists expected.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Superposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superposed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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