ancilla

/ænˈsɪ.lə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.52 in modern English

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noun

noun

"‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […]"
"The filter achieves this two-qubit filtering effect by using two ancilla photons as probes that detect whether or not the two input photons are in the desired states."
"The circuit uses a single ancilla for each stabilizer generator."

From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).

ancillae (plural)

ancillary ancillula

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Questions

How do you pronounce ancilla?

The recorded pronunciation is /ænˈsɪ.lə/.

What does ancilla mean?

A maid.

Where does ancilla come from?

From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).

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