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superconductor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A substance that has no resistance to conducting an electric current

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From super- + conductor, calque of Dutch suprageleider (modern spelling supergeleider).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: звышправадні́к (zvyšpravadník) — a substance
  • Bulgarian: свръхпроводник (svrǎhprovodnik) — a substance
  • Catalan: superconductor — a substance
  • Danish: superleder — a substance
  • Dutch: supergeleider — a substance
  • Estonian: ülijuht — a substance
  • Finnish: suprajohde — a substance
  • French: supraconducteur — a substance
  • German: Supraleiter — a substance
  • Hebrew: מוליך על (molíkh al) — a substance
  • Hindi: अतिचालक (aticālak) — a substance
  • Hungarian: szupravezető — a substance
  • Italian: superconduttore — a substance
  • Japanese: 超伝導体 (chōdendō-tai) — a substance
  • Japanese: 超電導体 (chōdendō-tai) — a substance
  • Korean: 초전도체 (chojeondoche) — a substance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: superleder — a substance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: supraleder — a substance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: superleiar — a substance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: supraleiar — a substance
  • Polish: nadprzewodnik — a substance
  • Portuguese: supercondutor — a substance
  • Russian: сверхпроводни́к (sverxprovodník) — a substance
  • Spanish: superconductor — a substance
  • Swedish: supraledare — a substance
  • Tamil: மீகடத்தி (mīkaṭatti) — a substance
  • Turkish: süperiletken — a substance
  • Ukrainian: надпрові́дник (nadprovídnyk) — a substance