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“absolute size—An object is large or small not by comparison to another object, but rather by comparison to the intrinsic minimum disturbance that accompanies a measurement. If the disturbance is negligible, the object is large in an absolute sense. If the intrinsic minimum disturbance is nonnegligible, the object is absolutely small.”
Michael D. Fayer, Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World
“If the disturbance to an object caused by an observation”
Michael D. Fayer, Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World

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