—And They Got This One Right!

rogersgeorge on February 14th, 2024

Here’s another quote from the last post’s article about the proof of quantum mechanics:

In 2021, they outlined a way to beef up their single atom-chip interferometer for use with macroscopic objects, such as diamonds comprising a few million atoms.

Yes! NOT “is comprised of.” Comprise goes from the whole thing to its parts, so this usage is correct.

Here’s another picture from the article:

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