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countertwisting

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English

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Etymology

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From counter- +‎ twisting.

Noun

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countertwisting (plural countertwistings)

  1. twisting in an opposite direction
    • 2015, Tomáš Opatrný, “Squeezing with classical Hamiltonians”, in arXiv[1]:
      Application of the general formulas is illustrated by several model examples including parametric downconversion, Kerr nonlinearity, Jaynes-Cummings interaction, and spin squeezing by one-axis twisting and two-axis countertwisting..