nondemolition en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + demolition.
Meanings
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(qualifier:quantum mechanics, uncountable) The indirect measurement of a quantum system in a way that preserves indeterminacy.
Aharonov and others are exploring the possibility that there could be nondemolition measurements that could extract information from a quantum state without collapsing it.
2007, Kent A. Peacock, The Quantum Revolution, →ISBN, page 158: