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Indeterminacy vs Nondemolition - What's the difference?

indeterminacy | nondemolition |

As nouns the difference between indeterminacy and nondemolition

is that indeterminacy is the condition of being indeterminate while nondemolition is (quantum physics) the indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy.

indeterminacy

English

(wikipedia indeterminacy)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The condition of being indeterminate.

    • Derived terms

    * indeterminacy principle

    nondemolition

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (quantum physics) The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy
  • *{{quote-book, 2007, Kent A. Peacock, The Quantum Revolution citation
    • , passage=Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it.}}

    Synonyms

    *quantum nondemolition *QND

    Derived terms

    *nondemolitional