superfluidity

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Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
French fluiditébor.
English fluidity
English superfluidity

    From super- + fluidity.

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    Noun

    superfluidity (usually uncountable, plural superfluidities)

    1. (physics) The frictionless flow that is characteristic of a fluid with zero viscosity, especially liquid helium at temperatures near absolute zero.

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