thermalize

British  

/ ˈθɜːməˌlaɪz /

verb

1. physics to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons

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Other Word Forms

• thermalization noun

Example Sentences

"These results show why such an atomic cloud does not thermalize -- why it doesn't distribute its energy according to the usual laws of thermodynamics" says Møller.

From Science Daily

Then by initializing the input neurons in the Boltzmann machines into a fixed state and allowing the system to thermalize, we can read out the output qubits to obtain an answer.

From Nature

First, quantum methods can make the system thermalize quadratically faster than its classical counterpart20, 58, 59, 60.

From Nature

The quenching interaction occurred within about 60 nanometers, a much larger distance than that deduced for pure conducting polymer films, possibly because multistep energy funneling traps and localizes hole polarons that thermalize the excitons.

From Science Magazine