Bose-Einstein Condensate Definition

bōzīnstīn
noun
A unique state of matter, existing only at temperatures near absolute zero, in which atoms coalesce and exhibit superfluidity because they share the same quantum state.
Webster's New World
A state of matter that forms below a critical temperature in which all bosons in the matter fall into the same quantum state.
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Origin of Bose-Einstein Condensate

  • From the names of Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Satyendra Nath Bose Albert Einstein

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After Satyendra Nath Bose Albert Einstein

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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