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- noun computing A
quantum unit ofinformation that may take any ofthree states ; theternary equivalent of aqubit .
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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
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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
hernesheir commented on the word qutrit
...is not a valid Scrabble word.
January 8, 2013