Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meissner effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: meiss-ner -ef-fect
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The total expulsion of magnetic flux from the interior of a superconducting metal when it is cooled in a magnetic field below a critical temperature, near absolute zero, at which the transition to superconductivity takes place.

Etymology

For Walther Meißner, German physicist.

Inflected Forms

Meissner effects (plural)

Questions

What does meissner effect mean?: The total expulsion of magnetic flux from the interior of a superconducting metal when it is cooled in a magnetic field below a critical temperature, near absolute zero, at which the transition to superconductivity takes place.
Where does meissner effect come from?: For Walther Meißner, German physicist.

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