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==== valsi ====
joi'au'a
==== type ====
experimental cmavo
==== creator ====
[[personal/krtisfranks|krtisfranks]]
==== time entered ====
Fri Oct 16 06:04:48 2015
 
== English ==
=== Definition #67965 - Preferred ===
 
==== selma'o ====
JOI
==== definition ====
non-logical connective: to be in a (nontrivial) superposition of (states); mixture
==== notes ====
Schr�dinger's cat is not 'dead and alive' nor is it 'dead and alive'; so long as its wavefunction does not collapse, it is in a (linear) nontrivial superposition of the states 'dead' and 'alive'. In a sense, it is in both but also neither. Likewise, someone travelling northwestward is not travelling (due) northward AND (due) westward, nor are they travelling (due) northward OR (due) westward; they are travelling a mixture of both. It can also be used for answering "yes"/"no" questions; it may or may noy be helpful in this role, but it is distinct from an elliptical or non-definitive answer. Waves especially work well with superpositions. The only decent way to denote this concept in English without resorting to long-winded roundabout descriptions is '+'.
==== gloss words ====

<ul><li>[[natlang/en/superposition conjunction|superposition conjunction]]</li></ul>

==== created by ====
[[personal/krtisfranks|krtisfranks]]
==== vote information ====
2
     
==== time ====
Wed Oct 21 20:17:53 2015

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