ancilla
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ancilla (plural ancillae)
- A maid.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- ‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- An auxiliary or accessory
- 2009 January 23, Ryo Okamoto et al., “An Entanglement Filter”[1], Science, volume 323, number 5913, DOI:10.1126/science.1167182:
- The filter achieves this two-qubit filtering effect by using two ancilla photons as probes that detect whether or not the two input photons are in the desired states.
- 2009 January 23, Ryo Okamoto et al., “An Entanglement Filter”[1], Science, volume 323, number 5913, DOI:10.1126/science.1167182:
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of ancula (“maid”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ancilla (genitive ancillae); f, first declension
ancillā
- ablative singular of ancilla
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ancilla | ancillae |
| genitive | ancillae | ancillārum |
| dative | ancillae | ancillīs |
| accusative | ancillam | ancillās |
| ablative | ancillā | ancillīs |
| vocative | ancilla | ancillae |
