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superconductivity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of a material whereby it has no resistance to the flow of an electric current.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • Currently, superconductivity can only be achieved at extremely low temperatures.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrical conduction

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English conduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conductive Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conductivity English superconductivity From super- + conductivity.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: свръ̀хпроводи́мост (svrǎ̀hprovodímost) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超導電性 /超导电性 (chāodǎodiànxìng) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超導現象 /超导现象 (chāodǎoxiànxiàng) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Dutch: supergeleiding — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Estonian: ülijuhtivus — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Finnish: suprajohtavuus — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • French: supraconductivité — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Galician: supercondutividade — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • German: Supraleitung — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Hebrew: מוליכות־על (molikhút al) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Irish: forsheoltacht — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Italian: superconduttività — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Japanese: 超電導 (chōdendō) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Korean: 초전도 (chojeondo) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Malay: keberaliran lampau — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Polish: nadprzewodnictwo — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Portuguese: supercondutividade — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Russian: сверхпроводи́мость (sverxprovodímostʹ) — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Spanish: superconductividad — property of a material whereby it has no resistance
  • Welsh: tra-dargludedd — property of a material whereby it has no resistance