How do you use Superposition in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like deposition or positioning, plus the exact meaning.
Superposition meaning
- The placing of one thing on top of another.
- The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older.
- The situation in quantum mechanics where two or more quantum states are added together (superposed) to yield another valid quantum state.
Synonyms of Superposition
Using Superposition
- The main meaning on this page is: The placing of one thing on top of another. | The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older. | The situation in quantum mechanics where two or more quantum states are added together (superposed) to yield another valid quantum state.
- Useful related words include: deposition, positioning, position, locating.
- In the example corpus, superposition often appears in combinations such as: superposition of, the superposition, quantum superposition.
Context around Superposition
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Superposition
- In this selection, "superposition" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quantum, performed, probabilistic, principle, property and akin stand out and add context to how "superposition" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a linear superposition of the and a probabilistic superposition of all. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "superposition" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with superposition
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the jargon, this is called superposition. (7 words)
A pure qubit state is a linear superposition of the basis states. (12 words)
A circular polarized dipole is described as a superposition of two linear dipoles. (13 words)
Although this fact may seem to indicate that qubits can hold exponentially more information than their classical counterparts, care must be taken not to overlook the fact that the qubits are only in a probabilistic superposition of all of their states. (41 words)
A single qubit can represent a one, a zero, or any quantum superposition of those two qubit states ; a pair of qubits can be in any quantum superposition of 4 states, and three qubits in any superposition of 8 states. (40 words)
Because it is in a superposition of states it is impossible without measuring to know the definite state of spin of either particle in the spin singlet. citation : 421–422 The EPR thought experiment, performed with electron–positron pairs. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A single qubit can represent a one, a zero, or any quantum superposition of those two qubit states ; a pair of qubits can be in any quantum superposition of 4 states, and three qubits in any superposition of 8 states.
Superposition principle Because any superposition of solutions of a linear, homogeneous PDE is again a solution, the particular solutions may then be combined to obtain more general solutions.
The superposition property allows the particle to be in a quantum superposition of two or more quantum states at the same time.
A beam splitter for phonons – the phonon enters a superposition state where it is both reflected and transmitted until it is detected.
They imagined putting such a system in a superposition, akin to a musician simultaneously flicking a quantum metronome rightward and leftward.
Due to superposition, a quantum computer with 100 qubits can represent 2 solutions simultaneously.
Due to their quantum properties, quantum simulators can perform certain tasks like this that are out of the reach of classical computers, which cannot leverage quantum entanglement and superposition.
In standard computing, a bit can exist in one of two states – 1 or 0. For qubits, it can be 1 or 0 or both simultaneously, which is referred to as a superposition.
In the jargon, this is called superposition.
Qubits have the mysterious quality of being able to exist not just in a state of 1 or 0, but in a "superposition" related to both states.
The band recently performed “Superposition” on NBC’s “Late Show with Seth Meyers” to celebrate the kick off of their own headlining North American tour.
According to the usual rules of quantum mechanics, the actual state of the electron may be any superposition of these states.
A circular polarized dipole is described as a superposition of two linear dipoles.
A field operator can act to produce a one-particle state from the vacuum, which means that the field operator produces a superposition of Wigner particle states.
Although this fact may seem to indicate that qubits can hold exponentially more information than their classical counterparts, care must be taken not to overlook the fact that the qubits are only in a probabilistic superposition of all of their states.
A pure qubit state is a linear superposition of the basis states.
A superposition of eukaryotic gene promoters from four different species shows that promoters of genes reflect the selection pressure of a species and less the phylogenetic relations between distant species.
At any particular wavelength, partially polarized light can be statistically described as the superposition of a completely unpolarized component, and a completely polarized one.
Because it is in a superposition of states it is impossible without measuring to know the definite state of spin of either particle in the spin singlet. citation : 421–422 The EPR thought experiment, performed with electron–positron pairs.
Bob's particle takes on one of the four superposition states shown above.
Common combinations with superposition
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- superposition of 40×
- the superposition 10×
- quantum superposition 8×
- in superposition 7×
- of superposition 7×
- any superposition 3×
- superposition principle 3×
- as superposition 3×
- linear superposition 3×
- is superposition 3×