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SUPERFLUID

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su⋅per⋅flu⋅id

  [soo-per-floo-id] Physics.
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–noun
1. 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.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to a superfluid.
Origin:
1940–45; super- + fluid

Related forms:
su⋅per⋅flu⋅id⋅i⋅ty, noun
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su·per·flu·id   (sōō'pər-flōō'ĭd)   
n.  A fluid, such as a liquid form of helium, exhibiting a frictionless flow at temperatures close to absolute zero.
su'per·flu·id'i·ty (-flōō-ĭd'ĭ-tē) n.
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