nondemolition
nounEtymology From non- + demolition.
1
The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy.
Quantum mechanics
- Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it.2007, Kent A. Peacock, The Quantum Revolution, →ISBN, page 158:
- Synonyms
- quantum nondemolition, QND
- Derived terms
- nondemolitional