superfluid
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- noun
- /ˈsuːpərˌfluːɪd/
- Specialized
- In scientific experiments, phenomena observed in a superfluid reveal intriguing properties of quantum mechanics.
- superfluid 3He
- superfluids and superconductors
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Watch on YouTubeThat's difficult to do because a superfluid doesn't have friction.
- That's difficult to do because a superfluid doesn't have friction.
- If you now add the force that comes from the superfluid, it works nicely.
Examples
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And superfluid 4He can maintain large electric fields without suffering dielectric breakdown.
Academic text (2012) -
Intrigued by this phase of correlated pairs, researchers looked for clear evidence that it is a superfluid, as expected.
Academic text (2005) -
If you now add the force that comes from the superfluid, it works nicely.
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Strange question for the day: What substance would be a superfluid at...?
Fiction book (1999) -
The experiments thus support the prediction that a new type of superfluid has formed.
Academic text (2004) -
From that, he says, one can conclude that the T = 0 ground state is a superfluid.
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That's difficult to do because a superfluid doesn't have friction.
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Of course, superconductors and superfluids are also examples of Bose-Einstein condensates, albeit in much more strongly interacting systems.
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Liquid helium behaves like a superfluid when cooled to near absolute zero, allowing it to flow without resistance.
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At extremely low temperatures, helium-4 transitions into a superfluid, exhibiting unique characteristics like climbing walls.
Antonyms
How Frictionless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word superfluid comes from super- ('very' or 'above') and fluid ('to flow'), so a superfluid is a liquid that can flow without friction.