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  • noun computing A quantum unit of information that may take any of three states; the ternary equivalent of a qubit.

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  • With this method, it may be possible to transfer this concept over to quantum computing with a roughly equivalent qutrit.

    Gizmodo Zack Stern 2011

  • In a paper published on 25 March in Nature Physics1, physicists describe how they used ‘qutrits’ and ‘ququints’ — qudits with three and five states, respectively — to simulate how high-energy quantum particles interact through an electromagnetic field.

    Meet ‘qudits’: more complex cousins of qubits boost quantum computing Davide Castelvecchi 2025

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  • ...is not a valid Scrabble word.

    January 8, 2013