Authorize vs Ket - What's the difference?
authorize | ket |
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
(physics) A vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate of a bra; a ket vector. Symbolised by , ...? .
(Northern England) Carrion; any filth.
(Northumbria) Sweetmeats.
(Geordie) A sweet, treat or candy.
As a verb authorize
is to grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).As a proper noun ket is
a people of krasnoyarsk krai in central siberia, russia.authorize
English
Alternative forms
* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)Verb
(authoriz)- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.
Derived terms
* deauthorize, deauthorise * authorization, authorisation * unauthorized, unauthorisedket
English
Etymology 1
From (term) notation invented by .Noun
(en noun)- A particular ket , say , might be represented by a particular column vector. Its corresponding bra, , would then be represented by the row vector which is the transpose conjugate of that column vector.
Etymology 2
Compare Icelandic . The use of the term (ket) for "candy" or "sweets" probably derived from its use to describe sweet meats or as a deterrent to children.Noun
(en noun)References
*The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 on DICT.org* * *