anticoherence

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noun

The condition of being anticoherent

OriginEnglish coherence ← Middle French coherence ← Latin cohaerentia →
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Meanings

noun
  1. natural sciencesThe condition of being anticoherent

    We provide three different characterizations of anticoherence, and establish a link between symmetries, anticoherence and classes of states equivalent through stochastic local operations with classical communication (SLOCC).

    2015, D. Baguette, F. Damanet, O. Giraud, J. Martin, “Anticoherence of spin states with point group symmetries”, in arXiv

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latincohaereō
  14. Latincohaerēns
  15. Latincohaerentia
  16. Middle Frenchcoherence
  17. Englishcoherence
  18. Englishanticoherence

From anti- + coherence.

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APA

anticoherence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherence

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“anticoherence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticoherence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherence.

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