decoherence.
Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
Meaning & usage
Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
Where this word comes from
First attested 1902 (OED) in the electrical engineering sense "the resetting of a coherer." From decohere (also 1902) + -ence, representing the verbal noun (compare decohesion, decoherency). The quantum mechanics concept was introduced in 1970 by German physicist H. Dieter Zeh, writing in the journal Foundations of Physics.
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