different between distinguishability vs indistinguishability

English

Etymology

distinguish +? -ability

Noun

distinguishability (usually uncountable, plural distinguishabilities)

1. The state of being distinguishable.
   • 2008, Micha? Horodecki, Seth Lloyd, Andreas Winter, "Quantum coding theorem from privacy and distinguishability", Open Systems and Information Dynamics, No. 15 (2008), pp. 47-69

     The problem is separated into two parts: proof of distinguishability of codewords by receiver, and that of indistinguishability of codewords by environment (privacy).

   • 2008, Canadian Grain Commission, Kernel visual distinguishability in western Canadian wheat classes, 2008-03-05

     This visual characteristic is called kernel visual distinguishability, or KVD, and it is presently one of the requirements that must be met if a wheat variety is to be registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for unrestricted registration, production and handling.

Antonyms

• indistinguishability

Derived terms

• distinguishable

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English

Noun

indistinguishability (countable and uncountable, plural indistinguishabilities)

1. The state of being indistinguishable
   • 1991 Earl H. Tilford Jnr. - Setup: what the Air Force did in Vietnam and why

     At times Air Force and CAS efforts blended to the point of indistinguishability.

   • 1996 Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction

     But due to the indistinguishability of the particles in the sample, it describes a decay mechanism that occurs for all N atoms simultaneously.

Antonyms

• distinguishability

Derived terms

• indistinguishable

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