quantum Zeno effect

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Zeno of Elea, in analogy to Zeno's arrow paradox.

Noun[edit]

quantum Zeno effect

  1. (quantum mechanics) A feature of quantum-mechanical systems allowing a particle's time evolution to be slowed down by measuring it frequently enough with respect to some chosen measurement setting.

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