decoherence

Etymology
First attested 1902 (OED) in the electrical engineering sense "the resetting of a coherer." From (also 1902), representing the verbal noun (compare , ). The quantum mechanics concept was introduced in 1970 by German physicist, writing in the journal .

Noun

 * 1)  Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
 * 2)  The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
 * 1)  The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
 * 1)  The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
 * 1)  The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
 * 1)  The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.

Translations

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 * German: Dekohärenz
 * Serbo-Croatian: dekoherencija