superconductivity

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ conductivity.

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Noun

superconductivity (countable and uncountable, plural superconductivities)

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Superconductivity

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1. (physics) The property of a material whereby it has no resistance to the flow of an electric current.

   Currently, superconductivity can only be achieved at extremely low temperatures.

Derived terms

• high-temperature superconductivity

 

Related terms

• superconduction
• superconductor
• superconduct

Translations

property of a material whereby it has no resistance

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: свръ̀хпроводи́мост f (svrǎ̀hprovodímost) Chinese: Mandarin: 超導電性／超导电性 (zh) (chāodǎodiànxìng), 超導現象／超导现象 (chāodǎoxiànxiàng) Dutch: supergeleiding (nl) f Estonian: ülijuhtivus (et) Finnish: suprajohtavuus (fi) French: supraconductivité (fr) f Galician: supercondutividade (gl) f German: Supraleitung (de) f Hebrew: מוליכות על f (molikhút al) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Irish: forsheoltacht f Italian: superconduttività (it) f Japanese: 超電導 (ja) (chōdendō) Korean: 초전도(超傳導) (chojeondo) Malay: keberaliran lampau Polish: nadprzewodnictwo (pl) n Portuguese: supercondutividade f Russian: сверхпроводи́мость (ru) f (sverxprovodímostʹ) Spanish: superconductividad (es) f Swahili: please add this translation if you can Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: tra-dargludedd m

See also

• FFLO phase / FFLO state
• Cooper pair

References

• OED2