superfluid
[soo-per-floo-id]Physics.
- a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
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- of or relating to a superfluid.
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Origin of superfluid
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superfluid
- physics a fluid in a state characterized by a very low viscosity, high thermal conductivity, high capillarity, etc. The only known example is that of liquid helium at temperatures close to absolute zero
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- being or relating to a superfluid
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superfluid
[sōō′pər-flōō′ĭd]
- A fluid, such as liquid helium, that flows with little or no friction at temperatures close to absolute zero.
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