superfluid
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- adjective
- /ˈsuːpərˌfluːɪd/
- Specialized
- This phenomenon is the superfluid analog of the AC Josephson effect for superconductors, according to which a supercurrent will oscillate across a thin tunnel junction under an applied voltage.
- superfluid helium
- superfluid properties
Examples
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The superfluid behavior observed in the cell goes away when a magnesium barrier blocks the channel.
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In its superfluid state, liquid helium can climb up the walls of its container, defying gravity.
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So let's list some of the properties of this superfluid state.
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It's actually a new force that comes from the interaction of the superfluid with the normal matter.
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To get a rotation going in a superfluid, you need to create a quantum vortex.
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The crystal is typically immersed in superfluid liquid helium at a temperature of 2 Kelvin.
Academic text (1995) -
Rotons are a type of quasiparticle behavior that also occurs in superfluid liquid helium.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1961, Philip Anderson and Pierre Morel had considered the possibility of an anisotropic superfluid state in 3He.
Academic text (1996) -
Leggett corrected Landau's theory for the effect of BCS pairing and successfully predicted some superfluid properties.
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It took a sophisticated instrument—the human ear—to alert Berkeley researchers that the quantum oscillations they sought were indeed coming from their container of superfluid helium-3.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
A liquid that has almost no internal friction and flows freely
Antonyms
How Frictionless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word superfluid comes from super- ('very' or 'above') and fluid ('to flow'), so to call something superfluid means it flows very smoothly without friction.