Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A magnitude of more than three dimensions.
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- noun physics A
superfluid material that has a spatially ordered structure similar to acrystal .
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PITTSBURGH - Hallmarks of an exotic state of matter called a supersolid have been spotted in a gas of ultracold rubidium atoms.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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However, although I enjoyed this relaxed environment, I spent my first five years at Sussex mostly teaching the standard undergraduate physics courses and, in the time available for research, working on various problems in theoretical low-temperature physics, including some such as the possible "supersolid" phase of helium which appear to still be of interest nearly forty years later.
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"supersolid," an exotic state of matter that behaves simultaneously as a solid and a friction-free superfluid.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms — the ingredients of Bose-Einstein condensates — into a “supersolid,” an exotic state of matter that behaves simultaneously as a solid and a friction-free superfluid.
Odin's Day michele_blue 2009
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A supersolid box-shaped keep formed the core of the structure, with a giant gaping archway in its exact center.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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The creation of one of these precious stones requires (1) extensive pressure (2) from the outside (3) for long periods of time (4) to collapse carbon into the supersolid state called a diamond.
The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006
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A supersolid box-shaped keep formed the core of the structure, with a giant gaping archway in its exact center.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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A supersolid box-shaped keep formed the core of the structure, with a giant gaping archway in its exact center.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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Physical Review A predicting several key hallmarks of a simplified one-dimensional rubidium supersolid.
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Although theorists first predicted the existence of a supersolid over three decades ago, the first observation came in 2004 when researchers at Pennsylvania State University found evidence for supersolid behavior in helium.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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