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su⋅per⋅flu⋅id

[soo-per-floo-id] Physics.
–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


su⋅per⋅flu⋅id⋅i⋅ty, noun
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superfluid   (s'pər-fl'ĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
A fluid, such as liquid helium, that flows with little or no friction at temperatures close to absolute zero.
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