nondemolition

English

Etymology

non- +‎ demolition

Noun

nondemolition (uncountable)

1. (quantum mechanics) The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy.
   • 2007, Kent A. Peacock, The Quantum Revolution‎^[1], →ISBN, page 158:

     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