metamaterial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially
noun
Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially:
Example Sentences
- "This study paves the way for investigating complex contact-based dynamics of microgranular media, demonstrates a novel acoustic metamaterial, and yields a new approach to studying micro- to nanoscale contact mechanics in multiparticle networks.."
- "Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English material English metamaterial From meta- + material.