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coherence

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


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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that molecules attached to a surface can reach the ultimate quantum limit of optical coherence, overcoming a major obstacle that has long restricted molecular quantum research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

His debut as one, 1972’s “Conference of the Birds,” in a quartet with Mr. Braxton, Rivers and Mr. Altschul, presented a singular balance of structural coherence and spontaneous invention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The honour could also go to a new imaging technique, called optical coherence tomography.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It lacks aesthetic appeal, organizational coherence, and the perception of substantive balance.”

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Let’s turn now to another arc of coherence, which connects the different appearances of an entity on the reader’s mental stage as they come and go over the course of a passage.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

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

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 Wallace Smith


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