"superphoton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: superphotons [plural]
Etymology: From super- + photon. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|photon}} super- + photon Head templates: {{en-noun}} superphoton (plural superphotons)
  1. (rare, physics, figurative) A photonic Bose-Einstein condensate, comprised of thousands of photons sufficiently concentrated and cooled in an optical well. Tags: figuratively, rare Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: super-photon Translations (photonic Bose-Einstein condensate): υπερφωτόνιο (yperfotónio) [neuter] (Greek), φωτονικό συμπύκνωμα Bose-Einstein (fotonikó sympýknoma Bose-Einstein) [neuter] (Greek)

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