Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

superconducting

American  
[soo-per-kuhn-duhkt-ing] / ˌsu pər kənˈdʌkt ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. displaying almost perfect conductivity, or no electrical resistance.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The technique is especially well suited to superconducting quantum computers, which are among the most prominent technologies being developed in the international push toward large-scale quantum computing.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

By using a more advanced model that includes two distinct superconducting orders, the Hebrew University researchers were able to explain the experimental measurements much more accurately.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

With highly sensitive tunneling spectroscopy measurements, the researchers found that NbSe2 does not behave like a straightforward superconductor governed by only one superconducting order.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

A newly developed superconducting quantum heat engine could deepen our understanding of thermodynamics while helping advance technologies needed for quantum computers with very large numbers of qubits.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

All it needed was to be immersed in its bath of liquid helium to make the metals superconducting, and it would be ready to go to work.

From Unwise Child by Randall Garrett

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training