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thermalize

/ ˈθɜːməˌlaɪz /

verb

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • thermalization noun
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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.

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

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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.

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