Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Elec.) To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
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- verb To make (different parts of a circuit etc.)
out of phase
Etymologies
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de- + phase
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Examples
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Reading the echo would allow researchers to figure out exactly how long the wavefunctions of the atoms would take to "dephase," or get all confused by environmental effects.
Ars Technica 2010
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Reading the echo would allow researchers to figure out exactly how long the wavefunctions of the atoms would take to "dephase," or get all confused by environmental effects.
Ars Technica 2010
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Simply looking at a qubit or in any other way letting it interact with the environment will cause it to decohere or dephase.
Gizmodo Zack Stern 2011
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