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coherence

[koh-heer-uhns, -her-] / koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /


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Whether that’s likely to lead to greater or less political coherence and national conflict is impossible to say, but both systems will face severe stress tests in the years ahead.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Other key quantum effects, such as entanglement and coherence, now form the foundation of emerging technologies including quantum computing and quantum communication.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

It produces combinations humans haven’t seen before that lack spirit and coherence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agenices involved in education.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

The graveyard looked even worse than it had during the night, when the moonlight had at least given it a silvery coherence.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

It was during spin echo tests -- a well-established technique to measure coherence times -- that the team noticed funny peaks, corresponding to much longer coherences than those on the single ions.

From Science Daily Jan. 15, 2024

They showed that within a crystal jam-packed with rare-earth ions were qubit gems with much longer coherences than would typically be expected in such a dense system.

From Science Daily Jan. 15, 2024

One of the most striking demonstrations of these physics has been in unconventional superconductors, where signatures of enhanced electronic coherences and super-transport have been documented in the resulting non-equilibrium states.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2023

Knowledge lags in profound, accurate, honest, subtle and direct language spoken or written which always seems to contradict easy coherences of group whether polite table talk or political party or nation.

From New York Times May 21, 2016

Poor Mallare, who must readjust his vocabulary to coherences.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Smith, Wallace




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