hidden variable

collocation in English

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hidden
adjective[usually before noun]
uk
/ˈhɪd.ən/us
/ˈhɪd.ən/
not easy ...
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variable
noun[C]
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/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us
/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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(Definition ofhiddenandvariablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since explicit word-level alignments are not present in standard parallel corpora, the alignment position for each target word is treated as ahiddenvariable.
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We saw that there are non-local correlations between distantly separated particles, and that these correlations cannot be explained by localhiddenvariabletheories.
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First, let us introduce the notion of ahiddenvariable.
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They suggest it may be a 'hiddenvariable' contributing to many accidental falls, especially in view of the fact that a high proportion occur when walking.
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It is an example of ahiddenvariabletheory, and all non-relativistic quantum mechanics can be accounted for in this theory.
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It is unlikely for thehiddenvariableto be sensitive to all of the same small influences that the random number generator was.
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We do not assume anything about the probabilities of the varioushiddenvariablevalues.
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Thehiddenvariableusername contains the value user001, which is the username of the e-mail account.
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This rules out localhiddenvariabletheories, but does not rule out non-local ones.
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Dropping the principle that the wave function is a complete description results in ahiddenvariabletheory.
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Suppose our electron-producing apparatus assigns a parameter, known as a "hiddenvariable", to each electron.
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Similar theorems may or may not hold for other related theories, such ashiddenvariabletheories.
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Experiments have generally favoured quantum mechanics as a description of nature, over localhiddenvariabletheories.
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Similarly, the value of the observed variable "y" ("t") only depends on the value of thehiddenvariable"x" ("t") (both at time "t").
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Rigorously, quantum nonlocality refers to quantum mechanical predictions of many-system measurement correlations that can not be simulated by any localhiddenvariabletheory.
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It will be thehiddenvariablein our model.
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More specifically, the theorem excludeshiddenvariabletheories that require elements of physical reality to be "non" -contextual (i.e. independent of the measurement arrangement).
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Elements of physical reality, if existing, would seem to need a subquantum (hiddenvariable) theory for their description rather than quantum mechanics.
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The one discussed here holds only for a very limited class of localhiddenvariabletheories and has never been used in practical experiments.
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This interpretation is also the basis of current approaches to quantum computing and cryptography (deterministic hidden variables are incompatible with current security quantum protocols).
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