plutoniferous

plutoniferous (comparative more plutoniferous, superlative most plutoniferous)

more plutoniferous (comparative)
most plutoniferous (superlative)

(rare) Containing or producing plutonium.


superleak

(physics) The leak of superfluid helium through microscopic holes.


ultraperipheral

en-adj

ultraperipheral (comparative more ultraperipheral, superlative most ultraperipheral)

more ultraperipheral (comparative)
most ultraperipheral (superlative)

(physics) Describing particle collisions in which no hadronic interactions occur because of the large spatial separation between the projectile and target


torelon

(physics) A particle-like flux loop in certain gauge theories


WF

en-noun

WF (countable and uncountable, plural WFs)

The Wannier functions (WF)^(35,36) are the most localized orbitals within the valence-band and conduction-band subspaces. Hence we will use WF as ϕₗ in Eqs (1) and (2). The WFs are mutually orthogonal, and the collective WFs for valence/conduction band fill in the valence/conduction band subspace.

2016 April 26, Jie Ma, Lin-Wang Wang, “Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, article 24924, page 2:

Wannier function
Wannier function#English

(physics) Initialism of Wannier function.


fucosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside


coronium

From corona + -ium, coined by a certain A. Gruenwald.

(historical) A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).


hexosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides


trielectronic

(physics) Of or pertaining to three electrons


dielectronic

(physics) Of or pertaining to two electrons


magnetocoriolis

(physics) Describing an analog of the Coriolis effect in a rotating magnetic fluid


homometallic

en-adj

homometallic (comparative more homometallic, superlative most homometallic)

more homometallic (comparative)
most homometallic (superlative)

(physics) Of or pertaining to multiple instances of the same metal


nanomagnetism

(physics) (the study of) magnetism on a nanoscale


shotnoise

Originally Schottky noise, after Walter H. Schottky, German physicist.

(physics) noise due to random variations in the number and velocity of electrons or photons in a device.


photofragment

(physics) A fragment produced by photodissociation


vortensity

en-noun

vortensity (countable and uncountable, plural vortensities)

(physics) The ratio of vorticity to density of a rotating fluid.


superionic

en-adj

superionic (comparative more superionic, superlative most superionic)

more superionic (comparative)
most superionic (superlative)

(physics) Having a very high electrical conductivity


superweak

superweak (comparative more superweak, superlative most superweak)

more superweak (comparative)
most superweak (superlative)

(physics) Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly


A radioactive isotope of caesium, ¹³⁷₅₅Cr, having 55 protons and 82 neutrons and which is formed mainly as a fission product by nuclear fission.


cyclorelease

(organic chemistry) Any reaction involving concomitant cyclization and cleavage of a molecule bound to a polymer etc.


cocatalyst

(chemistry) Either of a pair of cooperative catalysts that improve each other's catalytic activity.


diastereofacial

diastereofacial (comparative more diastereofacial, superlative most diastereofacial)

more diastereofacial (comparative)
most diastereofacial (superlative)

(physical chemistry) Describing any reaction that preferentially involves one side (face) of an approximately planar diastereoisomer


nanocatalysis

catalysis using products of nanotechnology


gyrothermal

(physics) Describing heating effects in a rotating fluid.


triquark

(physics) A normal baryon composed of three quarks.


field line

(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.


pseudosurface

(physics) An extended region, often parallel to a surface, that in some way acts as if it were a surface.


quasifission

(nuclear physics) Partial fusion followed by fission of very large atomic nuclei, a possible means of generating neutron-rich isotopes


ultraspectral

ultraspectral (comparative more ultraspectral, superlative most ultraspectral)

more ultraspectral (comparative)
most ultraspectral (superlative)

(physics) Describing extremely high-definition spectral imaging (beyond hyperspectral)


recollimated

(physics, of a beam) collimated again, following broadening


holon

(physics) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.


bioconvection

(biology, physics) The motion of large numbers of small organisms in a fluid, especially free-swimming zooplankton in water


decohere

en-verb

decohere (third-person singular simple present decoheres, present participle decohering, simple past and past participle decohered)

decoheres (present singular third-person)
decohering (participle present)
decohered (participle past)
decohered (past)

Even the slightest disturbance causes qubits to “decohere”, shedding their magical properties.

2012 February 25, ‘An uncertain future’, The Economist:

History suggests those in power will cling to whatever is working well for them even as the economy and society decay and decohere around them.

2024 July 12, Charles Hugh Smith, How Will We Distribute the Pain Ahead?:

(physics) To cause, or to undergo decoherence.


superWIMP

super weakly interacting massive particle#English

(astronomy, physics) Abbreviation of super weakly interacting massive particle.

GIMP

the form of superWIMP that only interacts gravitationally


antisoliton

From anti- + soliton (by analogy with antiparticles).

(physics) A soliton with the negative amplitude of a given soliton


antisymmetrized

(mathematics, physics) Modified by an antisymmetrizer.


oscillon

(physics) A form of soliton observed in a granular environment.


gravitoelectric

electromagnetic field
electromagnetic field

(physics) Describing the component of a gravitational field analogous to the electric component of an electromagnetic field


gateable

(physics, of a circuit) Having a gate that may be externally controlled


recollimation

en-noun

recollimation (countable and uncountable, plural recollimations)

(physics, of a beam) collimation subsequent to broadening


copolymerize

en-verb

copolymerize (third-person singular simple present copolymerizes, present participle copolymerizing, simple past and past participle copolymerized)

copolymerizes (present singular third-person)
copolymerizing (participle present)
copolymerized (participle past)
copolymerized (past)

(chemistry) To polymerize so as to form a copolymer


antifermion

To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.

2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, →ISBN:

(physics) The antiparticle of a (specified) fermion


superdeformation

(physics) The deformation of an atomic nucleus to such an extent that it becomes far from spherical


parapositronium

(physics, attributive) The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have antiparallel spins


orthopositronium

(physics, attributive) The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have parallel spins


achronal

(physics) Describing a set of points in a spacetime, no two of which have timelike separation


inflatino

From inflate + -ino. Change of suffix from -on on the inflaton. From the practice of using -ino suffixes for superpartners of particles under supersymmetry and string theory. Those initial particles usually having the suffix -on.

(physics) A hypothetical particle, the superpartner of the inflaton.


didendron

(organic chemistry) A dendrimer containing two dendrons


stresslet

(physics) A function that represents the symmetric first moment of the surface stress of a body in a flowing fluid.


coherer

Now, this home battery here ready to print is the main steam. The coherer is the valve, always ready to be turned on. The Hertzian wave is the child's hand that turns it.

(physics) A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.

coherer

a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers


rotochemical

(physics, astronomy) Describing the heating produced by various affects of the reduction in angular momentum of a rotating neutron star (especially a pulsar)


decompactification

en-noun

decompactification (usually uncountable, plural decompactifications)

(mathematics, physics) The reverse of a compactification


cryogen

(physics) a cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant


antitriplet

(physics) The antiparticle of a specified triplet (triquark).


magnetoacoustics

(physics) The study of acoustic-type magnetic waves


magnetoacoustic

(physics) Of or pertaining to magnetoacoustics


magnetophonon

(physics) The magnetoacoustic equivalent of a phonon


leptophilic

en-adj

leptophilic (comparative more leptophilic, superlative most leptophilic)

more leptophilic (comparative)
most leptophilic (superlative)

(physics) Describing a proposed form of dark matter that only interacts with leptons


electromagnetohydrodynamics

(physics) The study of the interaction of electric and magnetic fields with electrically conducting or magnetic fluids.


quantion

(physics, mathematics) A form of quaternion used to explain the electroweak theory on curved spacetime.


photowritten

(physics) Describing an optical grating (or similar structure) generated using light


tricoherence

(physics) The condition of four waves having the same wavelength and phase


hexaquark

(physics) Any exotic particle composed of six quarks


superinvariant

(physics) Such an invariant quantity, function etc.


flavon

(physics) A particle with a specific flavour


bandhead

(physics) A location on a spectrum where many lines become very close together and appear as a band


cryptotomography

(physics) A form of tomography that uses a series of randomly-oriented diffraction patterns to reconstruct a three-dimensional image


halfwave

(physics, mathematics) half (especially the positive half) of a sine wave


magnetocapacitance

en-noun

magnetocapacitance (usually uncountable, plural magnetocapacitances)

(physics) The variation of the electrical capacitance of a material in the presence of a magnetic field


repumping

(physics) The use of a laser to raise an electron (in an atom or ion etc) back to a previous high state.


antideuterium

(particle physics) The antimatter equivalent of deuterium.


antitritium

(physics) The antimatter equivalent of tritium.


supercatalyst

(chemistry, biochemistry) Any catalyst (especially an enzyme) that catalyzes a large range of reactions


hyperpolarizability

hyperpolarizability (countable and uncountable, plural hyperpolarizabilities)

(physics) The condition of being hyperpolarizable


hyperpolarizable

en-adj

hyperpolarizable (comparative more hyperpolarizable, superlative most hyperpolarizable)

more hyperpolarizable (comparative)
most hyperpolarizable (superlative)

(physics) Having the ability to hyperpolarize or be hyperpolarized.


metamagnet

(physics) A metamagnetic region or material


bipole

(physics) A region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles


subvelocity

en-noun

subvelocity (countable and uncountable, plural subvelocities)


homopolar

en-adj

homopolar (comparative more homopolar, superlative most homopolar)

more homopolar (comparative)
most homopolar (superlative)

(physics) Having symmetrically equal distribution of polarity


monoenergetic

(physics) Describing radiation consisting of particles (or waves) having a narrow range of energies


relationalism

(physics) The idea that time and space are not real objects, but merely orderings of objects


quasiferromagnet

(physics) An analogue of a ferromagnet produced in a spintronic environment.


photocarrier

(physics) A photoexcited electrical carrier in a semiconductor


afocal

(optics, of an imaging system) Not focused

(optics, of a lens) Neither concave or convex (focal point at infinity)


antihypertriton

(physics) The antiparticle equivalent of a hypertriton, consisting of an antiproton, an antineutron and any antihyperon


hypertriton

(physics) A nuclear complex composed of a proton, a neutron and any hyperon


Comptonization

en-noun

Comptonization (usually uncountable, plural Comptonizations)

(physics) The result of the Compton effect; particularly, the redistribution of the energies of photons scattered by electrons in space


barnase

barnase (countable and uncountable, plural barnases)

(biochemistry) A small protein, produced by the bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and others, that has ribonuclease activity


lambda baryon

(physics) Any of three particles, having no electric charge and an isotopic spin of 1, composed of an up quark, down quark and either a strange quark, a charm quark or a bottom quark


fluxless

en-adj

fluxless (comparative more fluxless, superlative most fluxless)

more fluxless (comparative)
most fluxless (superlative)


antinucleus

In 1970, a more complex antinucleus, antihelium-3 (iHe), was discovered in the USSR.

1987, K. N. Mukhin, Experimental Nuclear Physics: Elementary particle physics, page 134:

In principle the energy should have been enough for the production of even heavier antinuclei.

1994, Sven Kullander, Kullander Sven, Börje Larsson, Out of Sight!: From Quarks to Living Cells, →ISBN, page 218:

(particle physics) The nucleus of an antiatom


telecloning

(physics) The cloning of a quantum state and its subsequent transmission to a remote site.


antihelium

en-noun

antihelium (countable and uncountable, plural antiheliums)

In principle the energy should have been enough for the production of even heavier antinuclei. However, the probability for production of heavier masses is very tiny, and antihelium-3 is still the heaviest known antielement.

After several launches of their balloon, the scientists registered more than 40 million nuclei of helium in the cosmic rays, but not a single nucleon of antihelium.

2018, Borissov Guennadi, Story Of Antimatter, The: Matter's Vanished Twin, →ISBN, page 91:


antilambda

(physics) The antimatter equivalent of a lambda (particle)

antilambda

the antimatter equivalent of a lambda (particle)


antiresonant

(physics) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting antiresonance

antirressonante

of, pertaining to, or exhibiting antiresonance


antibrane

(physics, supersymmetry) One of a pair of branes each having opposite orientation to the other.


spallogenic

en-adj

spallogenic (comparative more spallogenic, superlative most spallogenic)

more spallogenic (comparative)
most spallogenic (superlative)


birotation

en-noun

birotation (countable and uncountable, plural birotations)

(obsolete, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry) Mutarotation.


calorescence

(dated, physics) The absorption of infrared radiation and subsequent emission of visible light


transmission electron diffraction

transmission electron diffraction (uncountable)

(physics) A type of electron diffraction in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a thin layer of sample.


degravitating

en-adj

degravitating (comparative more degravitating, superlative most degravitating)

more degravitating (comparative)
most degravitating (superlative)

(physics, astronomy) That causes degravitation


degravitation

(physics, cosmology) The removal of the effects of gravity from a system, or mathematical construct.


bilepton

(physics) A proposed form of gauge boson having a lepton number of two.


memadmittance

(physics) Memory admittance; the reciprocal of memimpedance


memimpedance

(physics) Memory impedance; the reciprocal of memadmittance


multiexciton

(physics) A complex of multiple excitons


millijansky

en-noun

millijansky (plural millijanskys or millijanskies)

millijanskys (plural)
millijanskies (plural)

(physics) A unit of flux density equal to one thousandth of a jansky.


microjansky

microjansky (plural microjanskys or microjanskies)

microjanskys (plural)
microjanskies (plural)

(physics) A unit of flux density equal to one millionth of a jansky


valleytronics

(physics) A proposed equivalent of electronics using valleys in the valence band or conduction band structure of some semiconductors or insulators that possess multiple valleys, such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, bismuth, dichalcogenides, diamond or silicon.


trinucleon

(physics) A bound state of three nucleons


microbunch

(physics) A short cluster of photons (or electrons) produced by a laser etc.


octonionics

(physics) The application of the mathematics of octonions in various branches of physics


quasiblack

(physics) Describing a form of black hole that has a quasihorizon.


nanosandwich

(physics) A nanoscale structure consisting of a dielectric layer between two discs.


pionic

(physics) Of, pertaining to, or composed of pions.


gluelump

(physics) A light glueball consisting of a single gluon


electron number

electron number (plural electron numbers)

(physics) The number of electrons in an atom or ion


overstability

(physics) A condition in which oscillation increases due to excessive feedback


wavemaker

(physics) An oscillating device that creates reproducible waves in a liquid


absolute space-time

(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time and spatial coordinates that is the same for all observers.

absolute ruimte-tijd

Newtonian concept of an unchangeable reference system of time and spatial coordinates


absolute time

(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers.


dileptonic

(physics) Of or pertaining to dileptons, or to systems of two leptons


fermionize

en-verb

fermionize (third-person singular simple present fermionizes, present participle fermionizing, simple past and past participle fermionized)

fermionizes (present singular third-person)
fermionizing (participle present)
fermionized (participle past)
fermionized (past)

(physics) To treat a system as if it were composed of fermions


metricity

(mathematics, physics) The degree of a metric


deshelving

controlled optical deshelving

(physics) The process in which electrons change to an orbital with a lower, intermediate level of excitation.


femtoscopy

(physics, chemistry) The study of reactions and other processes on a femtosecond basis.


octupolarity

(physics) The condition of being an octupole


bichromatic

(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.


ripplon

(physics) A quantized capillary-tension wave at the surface of a liquid


hadronuclear

(physics) Describing any interaction between a hadron and the nucleus of an atom.


photomeson

(physics) A meson (usually a p-meson) ejected from a nucleus by an impinging photon


nitrogenlike

en-adj

nitrogenlike (comparative more nitrogenlike, superlative most nitrogenlike)

more nitrogenlike (comparative)
most nitrogenlike (superlative)

(physics) Having the same electronic structure as a nitrogen atom


oxygenlike

oxygenlike (comparative more oxygenlike, superlative most oxygenlike)

more oxygenlike (comparative)
most oxygenlike (superlative)

(physics) Having the same electronic structure as an oxygen atom


multispeckle

(physics) Describing the analysis of speckle in multiple diffracted images


intercombination

(physics) An electronic transition between states that have different spin quantum numbers


electrocaloric

(physics) Describing the effect of an applied electric field on the temperature of some materials


densimetry

(physics) The measurement of density by means of a densimeter.

densimétrie

the measurement of density by means of a densimeter


superamplitude

(physics) The amplitude of a wave or string in supersymmetry


supersymmetrization

(physics) The analysis or description of a theory, system etc. in terms of supersymmetry


electromotility

(biology, physics) motility (of hairs etc) caused by changes in electric charge


exascale

(physics, computing) Used as a metric to signify 10¹⁸


cisplanckian

cisplanckian (comparative more cisplanckian, superlative most cisplanckian)

more cisplanckian (comparative)
most cisplanckian (superlative)

(physics) Associated with energies less than the Planck energy


hexadecapole

(physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles


microbridge

(physics) A form of Josephson junction consisting of thin superconducting films.


submagic

(physics, of a nucleus) Having less than the magic number of nucleons.


magicity

en-noun

magicity (countable and uncountable, plural magicities)

(physics) The condition of a heavy isotope of having a magic number of protons and neutrons, and therefore of having particular stability


stereoelectronics

(physics, chemistry) The study of the relationship between the electronic structure of molecules and their geometry


optoelectric

(physics) Of or pertaining to the conversion of light energy into electricity


trinification

grand unification theory
grand unification theory

(physics) A model, in the grand unification theory, of the three families of fermions.


leptoproduction

(physics) The production of leptons, especially by the interaction of other particles


supergraviton

(physics) The hypothetical particle or multi-dimensional state associated with supergravity.


cohobate

en-verb

cohobate (third-person singular simple present cohobates, present participle cohobating, simple past and past participle cohobated)

cohobates (present singular third-person)
cohobating (participle present)
cohobated (participle past)
cohobated (past)

From New Latin cohobātus, past participle of cohobāre, perhaps from Arabic كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba).

(physical chemistry, alchemy) To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.

предестилирам

to treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate


rolling resistance

en-noun

rolling resistance (countable and uncountable, plural rolling resistances)

(physics) The force that resists the rolling of a wheel or other circular object.


emulsin

(dated, biochemistry) A mixture of enzymes, extracted from bitter almonds, once used to hydrolyze glucosides.


gyrokinetics

(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the helical flow of particles in the magnetic field of a plasma


magnetophoresis

magnetophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural magnetophoreses)

Formed as magneto- + -phoresis, by analogy with electrophoresis.

(physics) Motion induced by a magnetic field on a particle of magnetic or magnetizable material (such as a hemoglobin-bearing red blood cell) in a fluid.


galvanostatic

(physics) Maintaining a constant current


bisligand

Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The presence of the dihydro-Smith subunit is exploited in the preparation of bisligand systems 61 and 63 by reaction of DAPC 54 with bis-alkene 6 or "U"-shaped 62, respectively.

(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Any bidentate ligand


diodic

(physics) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a diode


geosynchrotron

(physics) Used attributively to describe the acceleration of charged particles in the Earth's magnetic field


deintercalation

deintercalation (countable and uncountable, plural deintercalations)

(physical chemistry) The removal of a molecule that had been inserted between two others.


gravothermal

gravitational collapse
gravitational collapse

(physics, astronomy) describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star


vibron

(physics) A quantum of intramolecular vibration


antiscreening

(physics) The property, in some gauge theories, of a strong interaction becoming arbitrarily weak at short distances

antiblindagem

the property of a strong interaction becoming arbitrarily weak at short distances


decacyclic

Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Further reaction of quadricyclane with the cyclobutene-1,2-diester system of 9 produces the decacyclic system 7, in which each terminus contains a 3,4-dihydro variant of Smith’s diene.

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Describing any molecule having ten rings


Anunnaki

Annunaki

lizard people; corrupted spelling, mostly restricted to the sense

(Mesopotamian mythology) A group of Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian deities in no known particular order including but not limited to Enki, Enlil, Ninlil and 'known as the fourth' Enbilulu.

Anunnaki

a group of Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian deities

conspiracy theories
conspiracy theory#Noun

(conspiracy theories) An extraterrestrial reptilian race supposed to originate from a hidden planet called "Niburu", thought to be the overlords of a secret world government and equated with the Nephilim by conspiracy theorists.


dequantize

en-verb

dequantize (third-person singular simple present dequantizes, present participle dequantizing, simple past and past participle dequantized)

dequantizes (present singular third-person)
dequantizing (participle present)
dequantized (participle past)
dequantized (past)

(physics) To treat a quantum mechanical system in terms of classical mechanics.


photoperturbation

(physics, chemistry) The disruption to the activity of a physical or chemical system by light


Dirac fermion

Named after English physicist Paul Dirac.

named-after

(physics) Any fermion that is not its own antiparticle


magnetoresonance

en-noun

magnetoresonance (countable and uncountable, plural magnetoresonances)

(physics) Any resonance effect in a magnetic field.


heliumlike

(physics) Having the electronic structure of a helium atom


magnetoresistivity

(physics) The effect of an applied magnetic field on the resistivity of a material carrying a current


prequantum

(physics) Describing physics prior to quantum mechanics; classical


gastrophysics

(physics, cosmology) The physics involved in the formation of galaxies.


actino-

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”).

e.g. actinometer, actinochemistry, actinotherapy


absolute space

(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of spatial (and temporal) coordinates that is the same for all observers


anapole

(physics) An electromagnetic moment found in certain atomic nuclei


fluxonium

(physics, electronics) A superconducting artificial atom modelled from Josephson junctions


lightshift

(physics) The change in the energy (and thus frequency) of light upon interaction with matter.


scalefree

(physics, mathematics) Describing any property that is independent of scale.


semiamplitude

(physics) The amplitude of a wave equal to half of that from peak to peak


superharmonic

(physics) A wave whose frequency is an integer multiple of that of another; an overtone


magnetopolariton

(physics) A magnetic (rather than electric) polariton


multibaric

(mathematics, physics) Involving multiple pressures


hypercompact

supermassive black hole
supermassive black hole

(astronomy) Describing a dense cluster of stars around a supermassive black hole


repton

(physics) A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation


reptation

reptation (countable and uncountable, plural reptations)

(physics) A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers


supertube

(physics) A tubular form of brane (in supersymmetry)


crystal momentum

crystal momentum (plural crystal momentums or crystal momenta)

crystal momentums (plural)
crystal momenta (plural)

(physics) A specific vector associated with the movement of electrons in a crystal lattice


conductimetric

(physics) Of or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity


conductometer

(physics) Any device used to measure conductivity


ultramagnetic

(physics, astronomy) Extremely magnetic (used especially to describe magnetars)


circumburst

In order to probe the nature of the long-duration GRB progenitor, it is critical to understand the nature of the circumburst medium in which the progenitor is immersed.

2014, Robert Allan Mesler III, Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor:

(physics, astronomy) Surrounding a burst


antimolecule

(physics) Any molecule composed of antiatoms.


national grid

[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

An electricity transmission network servicing a whole country.


antiatomic

(particle physics) Of or pertaining to antiatoms.


nonsinglet

(physics) Used attributively to describe anything not in a singlet state


dicluster

(physics, chemistry) A closely-associated pair of clusters


biphoton

(quantum mechanics) A quantum-entangled state comprising two photons.


quantum-entangled

quantum entanglement
quantum entanglement

(physics) joined together by quantum entanglement


galcon

(physics, astronomy) A hydrodynamic model of galaxy formation.


hexapole

(physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes


photoalignment

photoalignment (usually uncountable, plural photoalignments)

(physics) The light-induced alignment of certain liquid crystals


Hanford

en-proper noun

Hanford (countable and uncountable, plural Hanfords)

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

A suburb in south-west Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8742).


diffusometry

(physics) the study or measurement of diffusion


bottom antiquark

en-noun

bottom antiquark (plural bottom antiquarks)

(physics) The antiparticle of the bottom quark


hypersound

hypersound (countable and uncountable, plural hypersounds)

(physics) sound with a frequency greater than approximately 100 megahertz


monochromatization

(physics) The production of a beam of radiation, containing a narrow band of frequencies, as the result of monochromatizing or by passing through a monochromator


bottonium

bottonium (plural bottoniums or bottonia)


fuzzball

fuzzball (countable and uncountable, plural fuzzballs)

(countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.


ecophysics

(physics) The application of techniques from ecology to studies in physics


elastomechanical

(physics) Pertaining to the mechanical properties of elastic materials.


transformator

If there is at hand a source of energy of 500 KW., a transformator is needed. In the case of a dynamo as well as in the case of the transformator, the cost is about the same, $8,000, not including the motor.

1910, American Sugar Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette:

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) Archaic form of transformer.


supersymmetrized

en-adj

supersymmetrized (comparative more supersymmetrized, superlative most supersymmetrized)

more supersymmetrized (comparative)
most supersymmetrized (superlative)

(mathematics, physics) Converted to a form as used by supersymmetry


thermomechanics

(physics) The study of the effects of heat upon the mechanical properties of materials


hyperdynamics

(physics) The extension of dynamics to systems of more than three dimensions


fivebrane

(physics) A brane having five (spatial) dimensions.


quasiharmonic

(physics, mathematics) Describing any system that has some harmonic (periodic) characteristics


nonpotentiality

(physics) The condition of being nonpotential


photoconductance

(physics) The conductance of a material as a result of photoconductivity


isostress

(physics) A condition of constant stress


qubitope

(physics, neologism) A generalization of a chirotope involving qubits


divacancy

(physics) A pair of vacancy defects in a crystal


GWB

gravitational wave background
gravitational wave background#English

(uncountable, astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics) Abbreviation of gravitational wave background.


mannokinase

(biochemistry) A kinase, ATP:D-mannose 6-phosphotransferase


chronopotentiometry

(physical chemistry) A form of electroanalysis in which the rate of change of potential at an electrode is measured at constant current


quasi-probability

statistical mechanics
statistical mechanics

(physics) A concept introduced in order to apply quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics


needlet

(physics, astronomy) A wavelet having the form of a needle.


magnetofrictional

(physics) Describing the frictional effect of a magnetic field


classicalization

(physics) the treatment of a quantum system in terms of classical statistical mechanics


magnetothermal

(physics) Describing a heating effect of a magnetic field, or the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a material


classicalize

en-verb

classicalize (third-person singular simple present classicalizes, present participle classicalizing, simple past and past participle classicalized)

classicalizes (present singular third-person)
classicalizing (participle present)
classicalized (participle past)
classicalized (past)

(physics) to treat a quantum system in terms of classical statistical mechanics


paranematic

en-adj

paranematic (comparative more paranematic, superlative most paranematic)

more paranematic (comparative)
most paranematic (superlative)

(chemistry, physics) Describing the production of nematic order in a liquid crystal under the influence of an applied magnetic field


chitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.


arabinofuranosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an arabinofuranoside

arabinofuranosidase

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an arabinofuranoside


nongalactic

(astronomy, astrophysics) Far from galaxies; not interacting with galaxies.


mannanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of mannans


xylosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xyloside.


cubatic

(physical chemistry) Describing a liquid crystal in which the molecules have no long-range translational order, but whose orientations have cubic symmetry (pointing along the x-, y- and z-axes with equal probability)


transglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety between different glycosides


orthoexciton

(physics) An exciton whose spin is parallel to that of its hole


paraexciton

(physics) An exciton whose spin is antiparallel to that of its hole


micromanometer

(physics) A sensitive manometer that can measure very small differences in pressure


diaphorase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds


nanodispersion

(physics) A dispersion consisting of nanosized particles


nanoemulsion

(physics) An emulsion in which the disperse phase consists of nanosized particles


equiatomic

(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms


difermion

(physics, often attributive) Any combination of two fermions.


leptophobic

leptophobic (comparative more leptophobic, superlative most leptophobic)

more leptophobic (comparative)
most leptophobic (superlative)

(physics) That does not couple strongly with leptons


triakontadipole

(physics) Anything having thirty-two poles or electrodes, or a combination of eight quadrupoles (etc)


relaxometry

nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance

(physics) The study and measurement of relaxation in forms of nuclear magnetic resonance


biprism

(physics) An optical device of this construction used to generate interference fringes.


charmlike

charmlike (comparative more charmlike, superlative most charmlike)

more charmlike (comparative)
most charmlike (superlative)

(physics) Resembling or characteristic of charm (property of subatomic particles).


weak interaction

en-noun

weak interaction (countable and uncountable, plural weak interactions)

fundamental interaction
fundamental interaction

(physics) The fundamental interaction responsible for the weak nuclear force.


thorian

en-adj

thorian (comparative more thorian, superlative most thorian)

more thorian (comparative)
most thorian (superlative)


attomolar

(physical chemistry) Describing a concentration of 10⁻¹⁸ mole per litre. This is only about 600 particles per cubic centimeter.


electroweak interaction

electromagnetic interaction
electromagnetic interaction

weak nuclear interaction
weak nuclear interaction

(physics) A unified description of electromagnetic interaction and weak nuclear interaction.


cryotrap

(physical chemistry) A device used to remove certain materials from a vacuum system by condensation on a cold surface.


cryotrapping

(physical chemistry) The trapping of materials by use of a cryotrap


pseudoreference

reference electrode
reference electrode#English

(physics, chemistry, attributive) Describing reference electrodes whose potential, though not constant, varies predictively.


baryochemical

(physics) Describing the characteristics of systems of baryons at very high pressure


adenylyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of adenylyl groups


kilonova

en-noun

kilonova (plural kilonovas or kilonovae)

From kilo- + nova. From kilo- (“thousands”). From being much more luminous than a nova, but less so than a typical supernova.

(astronomy) A type of supernova that is underluminous, caused by the merger of two neutron stars

Moreover, during merger neutron-rich matter can be ejected that can shine as a kilonova due to the decay of r-process elements [2–13].

2013 November, V Paschalidis, SL Shapiro, “A new scheme for matching general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamics to its force-free limit”, in Physical Review D:

The observed energetics and temporal/spectral properties of the late infrared bump (ie, the "kilonova") are also found to be consistent with emission from the ejecta launched during a neutron star (NS)-NS merger and powered by a magnetar central engine.

2013 December, YZ Fan, YW Yu, D Xu, ZP Jin, XF Wu, “A supramassive magnetar central engine for GRB 130603B”, in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, volume 779, number 2:

Disk winds generally contribute to a ~week long transient peaking in the near-infrared (kilonova), although an optical precursor can manifest as a signature of delayed black hole formation or high black hole spin.

2015 January, R Fernandez, D Kasen, BD Metzger, “The effect of black hole spin on winds from neutron star merger remnant accretion disks”, in American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #225:

This component can give rise to an ≲1 d blue optical 'bump' in a kilonova light curve, even in the case of prompt BH formation, which may facilitate its detection.

2015, R Fernández, D Kasen, “Outflows from accretion discs formed in neutron star mergers: effect of black hole spin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(informal, physics) A radiation pattern typical of a kilonova.


nonexcited

nonexcited atoms


quasicontinuous

(mathematics, physics) Having some characteristics of a continuous function, system etc


phonino

(physics) A massless fermionic collective excitation in the form of sound described by supersymmetry


nanoconfinement

nanoconfinement (countable and uncountable, plural nanoconfinements)

(physics) confinement in a nanosized region


refringence

refringence (countable and uncountable, plural refringences)

From refringe + -ence, from Latin refringere. Refract and derivatives come from the past participle of the same Latin verb.

By far the most noticeable characteristic is the highly refringent nature of the poles of the cells. This refringence is noticed in a very large proportion of the cells of a culture examined at any stage of growth, and will be again referred to.

1891 June, Charles Slater, “Memoirs: On a Red Pigment-forming Organism, B. corallinus (?)”, in The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (new series), volume 32, page 409:


cefotaximase

(biochemistry) A penicillinase specific to cefotaxime


dynamoelectric

(physics) Of or pertaining to the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy.

dinamoelettrico

of or pertaining to the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy


picolinium

(organic chemistry) Any cation produced by protonation of a picoline.


chymase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells


dimethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of two methyl groups


cricondentherm

Blend of critical + condensation + therm (meaning temperature).

blend

(physics) The maximum temperature at which two phases can coexist.


microcalorimeter

(physics) A calorimeter designed to measure very small quantities of heat


coevent

(mathematics, physics) A particular form of truth function associated with quantum mechanics.


isoenthalpic

(thermodynamics, of a process) Having constant enthalpy


nephelauxetic

en-adj

nephelauxetic (comparative more nephelauxetic, superlative most nephelauxetic)

more nephelauxetic (comparative)
most nephelauxetic (superlative)

(physics, inorganic chemistry) Describing the expansion effect of ligands on the electron orbitals of transition metals


pyrylium

(organic chemistry) A six-member aromatic heterocyclic cation containing five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom that carries a positive charge; any derivative of this compound.


quasimolecular

(physics) Having some characteristics of a molecule; relating to a quasimolecule


cyclotetramer

(organic chemistry) Any cyclomer (cyclic polymer) formed from four monomers


cyclotetramerize

en-verb

cyclotetramerize (third-person singular simple present cyclotetramerizes, present participle cyclotetramerizing, simple past and past participle cyclotetramerized)

cyclotetramerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclotetramerizing (participle present)
cyclotetramerized (participle past)
cyclotetramerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclotetramer


cyclodimerize

cyclodimerize (third-person singular simple present cyclodimerizes, present participle cyclodimerizing, simple past and past participle cyclodimerized)

cyclodimerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclodimerizing (participle present)
cyclodimerized (participle past)
cyclodimerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclodimer


electropolymerized

(chemistry) polymerized under the influence of an electric current


electropolymerization

(chemistry) polymerization under the influence of an electric current


cyclomerize

cyclomerize (third-person singular simple present cyclomerizes, present participle cyclomerizing, simple past and past participle cyclomerized)

cyclomerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclomerizing (participle present)
cyclomerized (participle past)
cyclomerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclomer


cyclotrimerize

cyclotrimerize (third-person singular simple present cyclotrimerizes, present participle cyclotrimerizing, simple past and past participle cyclotrimerized)

cyclotrimerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclotrimerizing (participle present)
cyclotrimerized (participle past)
cyclotrimerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclotrimer


electroscalar

(physics) Describing a wave that has a scalar electric component.


atomtronics

Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose-Einstein condensate

(physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature


beta-beam

(physics) A beam of beta particles, electron neutrinos or of radioactive ions


chirplet

Coordinate term: warblet

(physics) A wavelet whose frequency rises or falls at a constant rate.


reradiation

(physics) The emission of incident radiation


deblend

deblend (third-person singular simple present deblends, present participle deblending, simple past and past participle deblended)

deblends (present singular third-person)
deblending (participle present)
deblended (participle past)
deblended (past)

(physics, astronomy) To separate signals that overlap


mesic

en-adj

mesic (comparative more mesic, superlative most mesic)

more mesic (comparative)
most mesic (superlative)

(physics) Of or pertaining to mesons; mesonic.


hephaestin

From Hephaestus + -in, after the god of metalworking.

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of iron(II) state, Fe²⁺ to iron(III) state, Fe³⁺.


microvaristor

(physics) A very small electroceramic particle; they are used as active fillers in some applications


electroceramic

(physics) Any of various ceramic materials that have useful electric properties


insulinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that inactivates insulin


subcooling

saturation temperature
saturation temperature

(physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure


subcooled

subcooled (comparative more subcooled, superlative most subcooled)

more subcooled (comparative)
most subcooled (superlative)

(physics) Describing a liquid whose temperature is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure.


cryohydric

(physics) Describing the eutectic point of a solution of salt in water.


heterozeotrope

(physics, chemistry) A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) zeotrope


homozeotrope

(physics, chemistry) A homogeneous (completely miscible) zeotrope


heteroazeotrope

(physics, chemistry) A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope


zeotrope

(physics, chemistry) A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (i.e. by distillation)


isodisperse

(physics, of colloids) Having particles of the same size


metavanadate

(inorganic chemistry) The polymeric oxyanion of vanadium [VO₃⁻]ₙ; any salt containing this anion


lyotropy

(physics) The condition of being lyotropic


isohydric

(chemistry, physics) Describing solutions that have the same pH and conductivity, these values remaining constant upon mixing of the solutions


thermocapillary

(physics) Describing the effect of surfaces (and hence capillaries) on heat transfer (and on the movement of bodies by such convection)


optodynamics

(physics) A range of dynamic measurement techniques that use small lasers.


bandstrength

(physics) The relative strength of a spectral band.


catanionic

(chemistry) Containing both cationic and anionic centres; zwitterionic.


gyroelectric

gyroelectric (comparative more gyroelectric, superlative most gyroelectric)

more gyroelectric (comparative)
most gyroelectric (superlative)

(physics) Describing the effects of an electric field on optical rotation in certain materials


semiquantum

(physics) Describing any system that shows some characteristics of a quantum one; semiclassical


paramagnon

(physics) Damped magnons existing in a disordered magnetic state.


optical rotation

en-noun

optical rotation (plural optical rotations)

plane polarized light
plane polarized light

(physics) The rotation of the plane of polarization of plane polarized light as it passes through a chiral medium


axigluon

(physics) A proposed class of gluon that has chiral color


photoionize

en-verb

photoionize (third-person singular simple present photoionizes, present participle photoionizing, simple past and past participle photoionized)

photoionizes (present singular third-person)
photoionizing (participle present)
photoionized (participle past)
photoionized (past)

(physics) To cause, or to undergo photoionization


enamelysin

(biochemistry) A matrix metalloproteinase that is associated with the formation of dental enamel


glutaredoxin

en-noun

glutaredoxin (usually uncountable, plural glutaredoxins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.


lysophospholipase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic removal of a fatty acid from a lysophospholipid


superballistic

en-adj

superballistic (comparative more superballistic, superlative most superballistic)

more superballistic (comparative)
most superballistic (superlative)

(physics) That moves faster that it would under its own momentum


sphaleronic

(physics) Of or pertaining to sphalerons.


superlight

superlight (comparative more superlight, superlative most superlight)

more superlight (comparative)
most superlight (superlative)

He was now presenting his doctoral thesis, which concerned the physics of superlight travel. Nowadays, it was fast enough to cover the galaxy in days, but it would take years to cross the intergalactic void to the nearest major galaxy.

2008, David Hartline, Galactic Liberty, page 118:

(not comparable) faster-than-light, FTL; Faster than light speed (“c”).


acridinium

(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.


nanohertz

(physics) A unit of frequency equal to one thousand-millionth (10⁻⁹) of a hertz, about once every 32 years


microhertz

(physics) A unit of frequency equal to one millionth of a hertz


magnetooscillation

From magneto- + oscillation; compare the better-formed magnetoscillation.

(physics) An oscillation of a magnetic field.


ketoreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a ketone


cacumen

(obsolete, physics) The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.


paraplegin

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease associated with paraplegia


transmon

Abbreviation of transmission line shunted plasma oscillation qubit.

Two additional transmon circuits can be positioned at the resonator edges, where the resonator voltage is maximum.

2019, Thi Ha Kyaw, Towards a Scalable Quantum Computing Platform in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime, Springer, →ISBN, page 93:

Those bits are then converted into pulses of microwaves and sent down through wires and pipes to a series of 50 small superconducting devices called “transmons” — the qubits — dangling at the bottom.

2019 October 21, Dennis Overbye, “Quantum Computing Is Coming, Bit by Qubit”, in New York Times:

(physics) A particular form of superconducting qubit.


ARSE

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.


arylsulfatase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of sulfatase enzymes.


antiquasiparticle

(physics) The antiparticle of a quasiparticle


supersoliton

(physics) A localized collective excitation of multiple solitons


abhenry

(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.


abwatt

(electrical engineering) A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10⁻⁷ watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.


abvolt

(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.


diabatization

en-noun

diabatization (countable and uncountable, plural diabatizations)

(physics) The conversion of a system from an adiabatic to a diabatic one.


magnetoabsorption

magnetoabsorption (countable and uncountable, plural magnetoabsorptions)

(physics) The absorption of light by magnetic excitons


multibreather

(physics) A breather that has two or more spatial oscillations


beable

From be + -able; coined by Northern Irish physicist John Stewart Bell in 1984 in partial analogy to "observable".

coinage

1984 J. S. Bell: Beables for Quantum Field Theory CERN-TH.4035/84,
In particular we will exclude the notion of “observable” in favour of that of “beable”. The beables of the theory are those elements which might correspond to elements of reality, to things which exist. Their existence does not depend on “observation”. Indeed observation and observers must be made out of beables.
I use the term “beable” rather than some more committed term like “being” or “beer” to recall the essentially tentative nature of any physical theory. Such a theory is at best a candidate for the description of nature. Terms like “being”, “beer”, “existent”, etc., would seem to me lacking in humility. In fact “beable” is short for “maybe-able”.

In line with the approach to value definiteness taken by modal interpretations, I will also not be requiring that the beables of a quantum system be the same from one quantum state of the system to another.

1999, Michael Redhead, From Physics to Philosophy, page 17:

(physics, quantum theory, philosophy) anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states


prehadron

(physics) A confined complex of quarks that has some characteristics of a hadron


recoherence

(physics) coherence subsequent to decoherence


yoctonewton

(physics) A unit of force equal to 10⁻²⁴ newtons


paraoxonase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that act as antioxidants


oscillometry

(physics, medicine) The measurement of oscillations


oscillometer

(physics, medicine) Any of several devices that measure oscillations

tugoysukat

any of several devices that measure oscillations


quantum biophysics

(biology, physics) An interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of quantum physics and physical chemistry to study biological systems.


metalens

(physics) A lens made from a metamaterial


solvophilic

(physics, chemistry) having an affinity for a particular solvent


subhadronic

(physics) Describing particles smaller than a hadron; especially describing quarks, the constituents of hadrons


microgeon

(physics) A very small geon that serves as a model for the electron


geoneutrino

(physics) A neutrino produced by radioactive decay within the Earth.


pairforming

(physics) The formation of a pair (of particles etc) with release or absorption of energy


pairbreaking

(physics) The breaking apart of a pair (of particles etc) with release or absorption of energy.


stereometamaterial

(physics) Any metamaterial whose properties depend on its three-dimensional structure; especially any chiral metamaterial


gyraton

(physics) An object that has a finite energy and spin, moving at the speed of light


superspinar

(physics) A very large spinar, especially one that violates the Kerr bound (cJ/GM^2>1)


homojunction

(physics) A junction between two similar semiconductors


antirepressor

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that blocks or inactivates a repressor


bromoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, catalyzes the bromination of a hydrocarbon


iodoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, catalyzes the iodination of a hydrocarbon.


baryonium

en-noun

baryonium (plural baryoniums or baryonia)

(physics) A particle-like resonance preferentially coupled to baryon-antibaryon channels. It is described either as a baryon-antibaryon compound or composed of a diquark and an antidiquark.


abhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of hydrolases having an alpha/beta hydrolase fold


adynamic

(physics) Characterised by the absence of force.


ptyalin

ptyalin (usually uncountable, plural ptyalins)

From Ancient Greek πτύαλον (ptúalon, “saliva”).

der

(biochemistry) A form of amylase found in saliva that breaks down starch into maltose and dextrin.


bromelein

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme found in pineapples


axipetal

en-adj

axipetal (comparative more axipetal, superlative most axipetal)

more axipetal (comparative)
most axipetal (superlative)

In a Galilean frame of reference, any point fixed relative to the Earth has an axipetal acceleration (ie directed toward the world's axis following the shortest distance, which is the perpendicular), of value Ω²(r sin θ).

2000, Louis Lliboutry, Quantitative Geophysics and Geology, page 140:

(chiefly physics) Tending toward the center or axis


superthermal

superthermal (comparative more superthermal, superlative most superthermal)

more superthermal (comparative)
most superthermal (superlative)

(physics) Describing any particle or system whose energy is greater than that of its thermal component


ectoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme found outside of (or on the outer surface of) a cell


autotaxin

lysophosphatidic acid
lysophosphatidic acid

(biochemistry) An ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase that catalyzes the conversion of lysophosphatidylcholine into lysophosphatidic acid


twistorial

(physics) Of, pertaining to or containing twistors


microreversible

microreversible (comparative more microreversible, superlative most microreversible)

more microreversible (comparative)
most microreversible (superlative)

(physics) Describing any process that is reversible at the microscopic level


quasihomogeneous

(mathematics, physics) Having some homogeneous characteristics.


interferometrist

(physics, astronomy) A person who operates an interferometer, or interprets its findings


intertidal zone

en-noun

intertidal zone (plural intertidal zones)

(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.


drip line

Hydrogen-7 has so many excess neutrons that it lies beyond the neutron drip line, and will spit out neutrons until it becomes a particle-bound isotope.

(nuclear physics) On the table of nuclides, the limit beyond which an atomic nucleus will immediately decay by emitting a proton or neutron.


metamagnetization

(physics) The formation of a metamagnet by making a material metamagnetic


magnetoassociation

(rare, physics and chemistry) The association of atoms into molecules (or other entities) under the influence of a magnetic field.


etaloning

charge-coupled devices
charge-coupled devices

(physics) A fault that develops in thin charge-coupled devices when they behave as etalons


autocollimation

(physics, astronomy) The collimation of a telescope by means of a plane mirror


autocollimator

(physics) A device that uses a plane mirror to align or collimate optical devices


scoutcraft

scoutcraft (plural scoutcrafts or scoutcraft)

scoutcrafts (plural)
scoutcraft (plural)

Enemy scoutcraft, extreme range.

1994, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, By Honor Betray'd:

In August 1954 a Venusian scoutcraft allegedly flew Adamski around the moon, showing him extraterrestrial cities and hangars as well as forests, lakes, and rivers.

1999, Jerome Clark, Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, page 7:

He flies around the Galaxy all alone in just a little tiny scoutcraft?

2001, Douglas Kendall, Battle of Infinity City, page 298:

In the ensuing years it had never come to that, yet every scoutcraft was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism, and every commander was prepared at all times to activate it.

2006, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Strangers From The Sky, Pocket Books, page 32:

The nearer they closed in; tiny scoutcrafts could be seen continuingly migrating to and from them.

2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 137:

(rare, science fiction, ufology) A spacecraft used for scouting.


acetylesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester.

acetyloesteraza

any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an acetate ester


tannase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid


decentre

en-verb

decentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

decentres (present singular third-person)
decentring (participle present)
decentred (participle past)
decentred (past)

(optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.


heat dump

(thermodynamics) A structure or environment into which waste heat can be transferred


nebulium

(astronomy, physics, obsolete) A supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.


tectonophysics

(geology, physics) The physics of tectonic plates, their formation and movement


indicatrix

Borrowed from Latin indicatrix; equivalent to indicate + -trix.

(mathematics, crystallography) An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes


chromonic

(physical chemistry) Describing a liquid crystal that has a structure of linear aggregates of relatively flat molecules


granocentric

(physics, mathematics) Describing the formulation of a packing problem based on the free space around a grain (individual particle)


microfluid

(physics) Any fluid in which the local motion of contained particles affects the behaviour of the fluid as a whole


brevium

(obsolete) ²³⁴₉₁Pa, a short-lived isotope of protactinium.


nanoscope

(physics) Any microscope that has a resolution measured in nanometres, especially one that uses a beam of atoms instead of light


thrombokinase

en-noun

thrombokinase (countable and uncountable, plural thrombokinases)

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood


AES

Auger electron spectroscopy
Auger electron spectroscopy#English

(spectroscopy) Initialism of Auger electron spectroscopy.

atomic emission spectroscopy
atomic emission spectroscopy#English

(spectroscopy) Initialism of atomic emission spectroscopy.


cutinase

(biochemistry) cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin


bioplasma

(biology, physics) A short laser pulse of biological origin


relaminarize

en-verb

relaminarize (third-person singular simple present relaminarizes, present participle relaminarizing, simple past and past participle relaminarized)

relaminarizes (present singular third-person)
relaminarizing (participle present)
relaminarized (participle past)
relaminarized (past)

(physics, of a flow) To become laminar again


laminarize

laminarize (third-person singular simple present laminarizes, present participle laminarizing, simple past and past participle laminarized)

laminarizes (present singular third-person)
laminarizing (participle present)
laminarized (participle past)
laminarized (past)

(physics, of a turbulent flow) To become laminar


dehydropeptidase

(biochemistry) Any of a particular group of dipeptidases


interladder

(physics) Between ladders of a semiconductor lattice


picokelvin

(physics) A unit of temperature equal to 10⁻¹² of a kelvin


Crystals of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase (EC 6.3.2.6) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were grown by the vapor diffusion hanging-drop technique, using ammonium sulfate as the precipitant.

1992, A. I. Grebenko, V. M. Levdikov, V. V. Barynin, W. R. Melik-Adamyan, A. N. Myasnikov, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae:

(biochemistry) A ligase enzyme involved in purine metabolism.


gravogyro

(physics) Describing any effect that has both gravitational and gyroscopic components


gravidiamagnetic

(physics) describing any diamagnetic effect produced by a gravitational field


neuromagnetism

(biology, physics) the study of the very small magnetic fields produced during brain activity


transcritical

(physics) That passes through a critical state (i.e. between subcritical and supercritical states)


maxwell

From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician.

(physics) A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second.


antiphoton

(physics) The antiparticle of a photon (identical to a photon).

antifotone

the antiparticle of a photon (identical to a photon)


spectromagnetograph

(physics, astronomy) An instrument that measures the vectors and velocities of the magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.


nematicon

(optics) A spatial optical soliton in a nematic liquid crystal.


kiloelectronvolt

(physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts


axiverse

(physics) A postulated universe populated by axions having sizes of many different orders of magnitude.

axiverso

a postulated universe populated by axions having sizes of many different orders of magnitude


prebaking

(electronics, physics) surface modification by heating prior to another operation


bosenova

(physics) A very small, supernova-like explosion, which can be induced in a Bose-Einstein condensate by suitably changing its magnetic field.


chaology

en-noun

chaology (usually uncountable, plural chaologies)

(physics, mathematics) The study of chaos and chaotic systems


downwinder

A person (or community) that lives downwind from a potential hazard (such as a nuclear power station)


phononics

(physics) The branch of physics concerned with phonons.


supergauge

(mathematics, physics) Describing any gauge theory aspect of supersymmetry


electronuclear

(physics) Describing any theory or system that unifies the electromagnetic with the strong nuclear and weak nuclear forces.


beamspace

(mathematics, physics) A beam of particles treated as a mathematical space.


cyclinac

particle accelerator
particle accelerator

(physics) A particle accelerator in the form of a high-gradient linac driven by a large-current cyclotron


electrophorus

electrophorus (plural electrophoruses or electrophori)

electrophoruses (plural)
electrophori (plural)

(dated, physics) An early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity.


negentropic

en-adj

negentropic (comparative more negentropic, superlative most negentropic)

more negentropic (comparative)
most negentropic (superlative)


eta prime

(physics) Describing a specific form of an eta meson.


eta meson

(physics) Either of two mesons made of a mixture of up, down and strange quarks and their antiquarks


oxidaniumyl

(physics, chemistry) The cation H₂O⁺, present in interstellar space, formed by removal of an electron from a water molecule


disentangler

(physics) Any device or system that removes entanglement.


antisextet

(particle physics) A sextet of related antiparticles


flexomagnetoelectric

flexomagnetoelectric (comparative more flexomagnetoelectric, superlative most flexomagnetoelectric)

more flexomagnetoelectric (comparative)
most flexomagnetoelectric (superlative)

(physics) Describing any magnetoelectric effect produced by bending a material


octetonium

(physics) A color singlet bound state of color-octet scalars.


micropolar

(physics) Exhibiting polarity at a microscopic scale


microrotation

en-noun

microrotation (countable and uncountable, plural microrotations)

(physics) rotation of microscopic parts of a fluid, crystal etc.


color-octet

(physics) The eight color components of the gluon.


Einstein barrier

Tachyons exist on the other side of the Einstein barrier.

The speed of light viewed as an uncrossable barrier to acceleration from subluminal and superluminal speeds in special relativity.


Planck scale

(physics) The scale at which quantum-mechanical effects become significant to depicting spacetime & other gravitational phenomena, typically defined as being on the order of one Planck length (~10⁻³⁵ m).


Dirac constant

Named after English physicist Paul Dirac

(physics) Planck's constant divided by 2π, symbolized ℏ; the quantum of angular momentum and spin.


quantum foam

quantum foam (countable and uncountable, plural quantum foams)

(physics) Spacetime viewed on a quantum level, i.e. as a "foam" of randomly appearing and disappearing Planck-scale wormholes (black holes and white holes).


Planck time

(physics) A natural unit of time, equivalent to the time it takes light to traverse one Planck length; it is the duration of time at which quantum gravity effects are expected to become significant.


Planck length

gravitational constant
gravitational constant

(physics) A unit of length, believed to be the scale at which quantum gravity effects become significant, that is defined in terms of the speed of light, the gravitational constant and the reduced Planck's constant, namely: ℓ_P=√hbar Gc³≈1.616 252(81)×10⁻³⁵ mbox meters


Planck speed

(physics) The velocity equal to one Planck length per Planck time; equal to the speed of light. Symbol is v_P or c.


Planck area

(physics) The square of the Planck length, thought to be the quantum of area. Symbol is A'''_P.


Planck epoch

(physics, cosmology) The period immediately after the Big Bang, typically viewed at around one Planck time, whereby all forces were unified.


Boltzmann's constant

For Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann.

(physics) The physical constant relating energy at the particle level with temperature observed at the bulk level. It is the gas constant R divided by the Avogadro's number N_A:- k=R/(N_rm A),


natural unit

(physics) Any of a group of related physical units defined in terms of natural constants.


Planck particle

Planck particle (plural Planck particles)

(physics) A hypothetical particle having physical quantities on the Planck scale, most importantly being one Planck mass in mass.


magnetogravitic

(physics) Of or pertaining to a hypothetical combined force or the combined effects of gravity and magnetism.


Planck unit

Named after Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist.

(physics) Any one of several natural units in a system originally proposed by Max Planck based on universal constants. Symbols for Planck units are the symbol for the physical quantity with a subscript P.


fluxgate

(physics) Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.


kilogram-metre

(physics) a unit of work, equal to that done by a force of one kilogram-force acting through a distance of one metre


Planck energy

(physics) A natural unit of energy, equivalent to the mass energy of a Planck particle (E_P=c^(2m_P)≈1.95608×10⁹J) or the energy per quantum at a temperature of one Planck temperature (kT_P).


gravitational constant

(physics) An empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with mass


intraorbital

(physics) Within an atomic or molecular orbital


stigmatism

stigmatism (countable and uncountable, plural stigmatisms)

Derived from Ancient Greek στίγματος (stígmatos, “point”) + -ism.

uder

(optics) Image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space

stigmatisme

optics: image-formation property of an optical system


pedion

From Ancient Greek πεδίον (pedíon, “plain, field”).

(crystallography) An asymmetric triclinic crystal form that only has one face.


attomole

(physical chemistry) 10⁻¹⁸ of a mole. This is only about 600,000 particles.


nanolevitation

(physics) levitation of nanoscale objects


rebit

(physics) Any of an arbitrary number of quantum mechanical binary states that are maximally entangled with every other one (in the real-vector-space theory).


petrophysics

(geology, physics) The physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids


torsionic

en-adj

torsionic (comparative more torsionic, superlative most torsionic)

more torsionic (comparative)
most torsionic (superlative)


macrophase

(physics) A relatively large-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings


photofield

(physics) Used attributively to describe a form of photoemission in which an electron in a metal is excited by a photon and subsequently tunnels out of the surface


wavefield

(physics) The extended area or space taken up by a wave.


atomic energy

The energy released by an atom in a nuclear reaction.


wavicle

(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.


magnetoferroelectrics

(physics) The study of magnetoferroelectricity


magnetoferroelectricity

(physics) A form of ferroelectricity caused by the ordering of magnetic spins


topness

(physics) A quantum number of quarks and hadrons, determined by the number(s) of top quarks and antiquarks present. Symbol T.


bottomness

(physics) A quantum number of quarks and hadrons, determined by the number(s) of bottom quarks & antiquarks present. Symbol B.


tetracritical

(physics) Describing a condition, in condensed matter, in which four phases are in equilibrium


monomethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any methyltransferase that transfers a single methyl group


gluonstrahlung

(physics) radiation consisting of gluons


pseudobinary

(physics) describing a system of two entities, at least one of which is itself binary (or more complex)


superselection

en-noun

superselection (countable and uncountable, plural superselections)

(physics) selection from a superposition of states


graphone

(physics) A partially hydrogenated form of graphene that is ferromagnetic.


alkyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers alkyl groups.

alkyylitransferaasi

any transferase that transfers alkyl groups


monophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that dephosphorylates a monophosphate


disgregation

disgregation (countable and uncountable, plural disgregations)

Rudolf Clausius
disgregation
second law of thermodynamics

Borrowed from Latin disgregātiō, from dis- (“apart”) + grex (“flock”).
The thermodynamics sense was introduced in 1862 by German physicist Rudolf Clausius in his formulation of what is now called the second law of thermodynamics.

1868, R. Clausius, On the Second Fundamental Theorem of the Mechanical Theory of Heat, [1867, Lecture to the German Scientific Association], The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, page 408,
The disgregation of a body is consequently, among the three states of aggregation, least in the solid state, greater in the liquid state, and greatest of all in the gaseous state. In the last condition it can still be increased by the molecules separating further from each other—that is, by the gas expanding to a larger volume. In like manner, the decomposition of a chemically compound body into its elements is in general accompanied by an increase of disgregation.
By help of this conception the effect of heat can be simply expressed by saying that heat tends to increase the disgregation of bodies.

The gas, however, may experience the same changes of volume and disgregation in another manner.

1880, Robert Röntgen, The Principles of Thermodynamics: With Special Applications to Hot-air, Gas and Steam Engines, J. Wiley, page 95:

Since the increase of disgregation is the action by means of which heat performs work, it follows that the quantity of work must bear a definite ratio to the quantity by which the disgregation is increased; we will therefore fix the still arbitrary determination of the magnitude of disgregation so that, at any given temperature, the increase of disgregation shall be proportional to the work which the heat can thereby perform.

2016, Kerry Kuehn, A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts, Volume IV: Heat, Atoms and Quanta, Springer, page 84:

(thermodynamics, obsolete or historical) A measure of the separation of the particles of a system; an early formulation of entropy.


myotubularin

myotubularin (countable and uncountable, plural myotubularins)

(biochemistry) A phosphatase that dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositols


isomerohydrolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyzes all-trans-retinyl esters into 11-cis-retinol.


transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a carbamyl group


beamstrahlung

Blend of beam + bremsstrahlung, coined by John Rees in 1978.

electromagnetic field
electromagnetic field

(physics) The radiation from one beam of charged particles in a storage ring or linear collider caused by its interaction with the electromagnetic field of the other beam.


magnetocalorimetry

(physics) The study, and measurement of heat produced by magnetic phenomena


pulsetrain

(physics) A series of more or less regular pulses.


axioelectric

(physics) Describing the interaction of axions and electrons


photoblinking

(chemistry, physics) Alternating fluorescence and photobleaching


magnetogranulation

(astronomy, physics) The formation of magnetic granules (sunspots) in the sun's atmosphere


spectroastrometry

(physics, astronomy) A combination of spectroscopy and astrometry


acetylglucosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-glucose residues in chitobiose and in glycoproteins


dihydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyzes a reaction involving two hydrolyses


spectroastrometric

(physics, astronomy) Of or pertaining to spectroastrometry


hyperstress

hyperstress (countable and uncountable, plural hyperstresses)

(physics) A four-dimensional equivalent of mechanical stress.


poromechanics

(physics) The study of porous materials.


glucosylase

(biochemistry) Any glycosylase that acts on a glucoside.


superbradyon

(physics) a particle with positive mass and positive energy and a superluminal critical speed in vacuum, possibly an ultimate constituent of matter similar to preons.


magnetogenesis

(physics) The generation of a magnetic field (in the early universe)


infraparticle

(physics) An electrically charged particle and its surrounding cloud of soft photons


soft photon

(physics) A photon, whose energy is too small to be detected, that is one of a cloud associated with a charged particle.


vectorpotential

(physics) A vector function whose curl is equal to the magnetic induction


uranophane

uranophane (usually uncountable, plural uranophanes)

(mineralogy) A rare yellow radioactive calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from the oxidation of uranium-bearing minerals.


antistrange

(physics) The anti-strange quark (or strange antiquark)


glucosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin to produce glucosamine.


angiotensinase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin

angiotensinase

any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin


radioracemization

(physics, chemistry) racemization under the influence of ionizing radiation.


talbot

Henry Fox Talbot
Lumen second
Talbot (disambiguation)

After Henry Fox Talbot, a 19th-century pioneer of photography.

(physics) An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.


antimuonium

(physics) The antimatter form of muonium


hexality

(physics) A sixfold symmetry attributed to protons in some versions of supersymmetry.


hyperentangled

(physics) entangled in more than one degree of freedom


deconfine

en-verb

deconfine (third-person singular simple present deconfines, present participle deconfining, simple past and past participle deconfined)

deconfines (present singular third-person)
deconfining (participle present)
deconfined (participle past)
deconfined (past)

(physics) To free, or be freed, from quantum confinement


ribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers ribosyl groups


micromagnetics

(physics) The study and application of micromagnetism


spatiospectral

(physics) Describing the measurement and analysis of multiple spectra of spatially distinct objects


visco-

(physics) relating to viscosity; viscous


subradiance

(physics) The cooperative inhibition of spontaneous emission by a destructive interatomic interference


viscoresistive

en-adj

viscoresistive (comparative more viscoresistive, superlative most viscoresistive)

more viscoresistive (comparative)
most viscoresistive (superlative)

(physics) Of or pertaining to viscous resistance


superallowed

(physics) Describing transitions between members of an isospin multiplet (in supersymmetry)


acausality

en-noun

acausality (countable and uncountable, plural acausalities)


electrodisintegration

(physics) The disintegration of an atomic nucleus by collision with an electron


wavepulse

(physics) A wave of very short duration.


antilocalization

(physics) The spreading of an electric charge to areas removed from its originating atom or ion.


superdeterminism

In the context of Bell's theorem, superdeterminism represents a hypothesis whereby a key assumption of the theorem—that it is possible to make measurements that are independent both of each other and of any hidden variables that would determine the measurement outcome—is not fulfilled, and so the theorem is inapplicable.

If we permit superdeterminism of this kind, involving the rigorous establishment of both human experimenters and of the quantum system, then the EPR/Bell argument is essentially halted from the beginning.

2012, Douglas L. Hemmick, Asif M. Shakur, Bell's Theorem and Quantum Realism, Springer, page 54:

2016, Gerard 't Hooft, The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Fundamental Theories of Physics: Volume 185, Springer, page 4,
Bell noticed that superdeterminism could provide a loophole around his theorem, but as most researchers also today, he was quick to dismiss it as "absurd". As we hope to be able to demonstrate, however, superdeterminism may not quite be absurd as it seems.

2021, Sabine Hossenfelder, Tim Palmer, Rethinking Superdeterminism, Alberto Casado, Ana Maria Cetto, Karl Hess, Andrea Valdés-Hernández (editors), Towards a Local Realist View of the Quantum Phenomenon, Frontiers Media (Frontiers in Physics), page 20,
Superdeterminism is frequently acknowledged as experimentally unclosed loophole (see e.g., [2]) with which one can explain deterministically the observed violations of Bell's inequality. However, for a variety of reasons, many physicists think Superdeterminism is a non-starter.

(physics, quantum mechanics) A form of determinism that precludes the assumption, made by Bell's theorem, that an experimenter can make measurements that are independent of each other and of any hidden variables.

superdéterminisme

form of determinism that negates a key assumption of Bell's theorem


paraparticle

(physics) The equivalent of a particle in any of several parastatistics


Dühring's rule

(thermodynamics) An empirical rule stating that a linear relationship exists between the temperatures at which two solutions exert the same vapor pressure.


autophobic

(physical chemistry) Exhibiting autophobicity


terascale

(physics) Describing any phenomenon measured in teravolts or similar measures


nucleonics

(physics) The study of nucleons, or of atomic nuclei

nucleónica

the study of nucleons, or of atomic nuclei


proxigean spring tide

proxigean spring tide (plural proxigean spring tides)

An unusually high high tide that occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its new or full moon phase


diamagnetization

(physics) The act of making something, or of something becoming, diamagnetic


geoparticle

elementary particle
elementary particle#English

(physics, geology, attributive) Describing the use of elementary particles in the exploration of the internal geological structure of the Earth.


hyperdiffusive

en-adj

hyperdiffusive (comparative more hyperdiffusive, superlative most hyperdiffusive)

more hyperdiffusive (comparative)
most hyperdiffusive (superlative)

(mathematics, physics) Of, pertaining to, or giving rise to hyperdiffusion


superohmic

superohmic (comparative more superohmic, superlative most superohmic)

more superohmic (comparative)
most superohmic (superlative)

electric current
electric current#English

(physics) Describing an electric current that is greater than would be predicted by Ohm's law.


hyperdiffusion

en-noun

hyperdiffusion (countable and uncountable, plural hyperdiffusions)

(mathematics, physics) Any form of diffusion whose mathematical representation contains orders greater than cubic.


electrophosphorescence

(physics) A form of phosphorescence, especially in doped LEDs, that is triggered by an electric charge


ebulliometer

(physics) A device used to measure the boiling points of liquids.


gravitoelectromagnetic

(physics) Of or pertaining to gravitoelectromagnetism


homentropic

(physics, of a flow) Having the same entropy per unit mass at all points, and at all times.


combined cycle

(thermodynamics) using multiple thermodynamic cycles so that the overall effect is greater than the sum of the parts


antiplane

(mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.


antibacklash

(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).


translawrencium

(physics, chemistry, of an atom) Lying beyond lawrencium in the periodic table.


antimaterial

(particle physics) Composed of antimatter.


laddertron

(physics) A device, in the form of a series of metal bars joined by non-conducting links, used in electrostatic accelerators

(physics) A form of klystron that uses ladders


thermodiffusion

thermodiffusion (usually uncountable, plural thermodiffusions)


supercavitation

supercavitation (usually uncountable, plural supercavitations)

(physics) An extreme form of cavitation in which a single bubble of gas forms around an object moving through a liquid, significantly reducing drag.


planoconcave

(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other concave


planoconvex

I place my Microscope, and then so place either a round Globe of Water, or a very deep clear plano convex Glass (whose convex side is turn'd towards the Window) that there is a great quantity of Rayes collected and thrown upon the Object […].

(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.


magnetohydrostatic

(physics) Describing the properties of a fluid in a magnetic field


ferromagnetics

(physics) The science and technology of ferromagnetic materials


microbarn

(physics) A unit of surface area equal to one millionth of a barn


cavorite

From Cavor + -ite. First used in 1901 in The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells. It was named after the fictional Dr. Cavor. The initial use was capitalized, but later authors borrowing the concept sometimes changed it to lowercase.
In the first use, the metal acted as a gravity shield; after the metal was cooled, objects contained within it were no longer subject to gravity. Some later uses, e.g., Alan Moore's, imagine the substance to simply have a negative gravitational mass.

“It seems to me it wouldn't cost much to cart any weight anywhere if you packed it in a Cavorite case.”

1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 3:

“In the early years, they were the most primitive structures ever to fly in space, cheap and overbuilt and overcrewed, hoisted on cavorite wings.”

1999, Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky, reprinted by Macmillan, published 2000, →ISBN, page 760:

(science fiction) A hypothetical substance with anti-gravity effects.


magnetoexciton

(physics) An exciton created by a high magnetic field


cryofocus

en-verb

cryofocus (third-person singular simple present cryofocuses, present participle cryofocusing, simple past and past participle cryofocused)

cryofocuses (present singular third-person)
cryofocusing (participle present)
cryofocused (participle past)
cryofocused (past)

(physical chemistry, transitive) To trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap.


multistrangeness

(physics) The condition of being multistrange


multistrange

(physics) Composed of multiple strange quarks


orthomode

(physics, attributive) describing a transducer that use two orthogonally polarized microwave beams


translinear

(physics) Describing a circuit that has an exponential (rather than linear) current-voltage relationship


antisynchronization

(physics) The relationship between two oscillating systems that have the same absolute values at all times, but opposite signs


hydrogravitational

(physics, astronomy) Describing the interaction of gravity and the movement of fluids (such as astronomical plasmas)


hodoscope

(physics) A device, consisting of multiple detectors, that is used to track the path of cosmic rays and other subatomic particles


crustquake

A starquake in the crust of a neutron star


aberrator

Plexiglass aberrators
In this experiment we wanted to test the ability of the system to compensate for high order aberrations. We placed a plexiglass sheet halfway between the transmitter and the receiver.

1999, Gordon D. Love, Adaptive Optics For Industry And Medicine - Proceedings:

(optics) A device that simulates aberration in an image.


refractometry

en-noun

refractometry (usually uncountable, plural refractometries)

(physics) the measurement of refractive index


autoresonance

autoresonance (countable and uncountable, plural autoresonances)


coloron

(physics) A massive gauge boson that is a color-octet resonance


diboson

(physics) Any particle composed of two bosons


inflector

In order to prevent the beams striking the inflectors on subsequent turns, each ring would contain a set of foils, thick at the outer radius but thinning to zero about one inch inside the inflector radius.

1956, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN Symposium on High Energy Accelerators and Pion Physics:

The introduction of electrons into the chamber is accomplished by means of an iron antimagnetic channel with subsequent bending by electrically pulsed inflectors.

1967, Soviet Atomic Energy - Volume 21, page 790:

Although various type of inflectors are possible (see S 4.1), the choice was made on an electrostatic mirror for reason of simplicity and compactness.

1984, Felix Marti, Tenth International Conference on Cyclotrons and Their Applications:

(physics) A device for bending a particle beam.


Fermiology

(physics) The study of the configuration (shape and size) of Fermi surfaces.


isoexcitation

(chemistry, physics) Used attributively to describe the wavelength at which the fluorescence of a dye is independent of pH


chronoclasm

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), and κλάστης (klástēs, “a person who breaks something”); from κλάω (kláō, “break”).

(science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.


RIA

(nuclear industry) Initialism of radioimmunoassay.


magnetoplasmaron

(physics) A plasmaron formed by a magnetic field.


hyperjump

(science fiction) A jump that transports some physical object immediately from one place to another, as by a hyperdrive or jump drive.


jump drive

(USB flash drive): A trademark name of flash drives owned by Lexar.

(science fiction) A means of travelling faster than light by jumping from one point to another in space.


nuclear data

Compilation of experimental and evaluated data describing nuclear properties.

données nucléaires

compilation of experimental and evaluated data describing nuclear properties


collisionality

(physics) the condition of being collisional


antighost

There are as many components in the topological ghosts as in the gauge fields, and to gauge fix the topological freedom, one must also introduce as many antighosts as topological ghosts.

2006, Laurent Baulieu, String theory: from Gauge interactions to cosmology, page 20:

(mathematics, physics) A field with a negative ghost number.


margaritasite

From Margaritas (“uranium deposit in Mexico”) + -ite.

affix

(mineralogy) A yellow monoclinic caesium-bearing mineral in the carnotite group.


radioheliograph

(physics, astronomy) A heliograph that employs radio waves


fluxbrane

(physics) A form of brane postulated by supersymmetry and supergravity.


archaeomagnetism

(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the study and measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen with iron.

archéomagnétisme

magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past


antitelephone

(physics) A hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past.


antileptonic

(particle physics) Of or pertaining to antileptons.


light second

(astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one second: about 300 megameters


Hooke's atom

The harmonic potential used to describe the electron-nucleus interaction is a consequence of Hooke's law.

(quantum mechanics) An artificial helium-like atom where the Coulombic electron-nucleus interaction potential is replaced by a harmonic potential.


thermal imaging

Thermal imaging cameras give drones the ability to operate by day or night. [...] On this occasion, using a normal visual camera plus a thermal imaging one, we used a drone to 'sweep' the track, looking for any trespassers that were immediately apparent.

2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, pages 50, 51:


anticarbon

(physics, uncountable) The hypothetical antimatter equivalent of carbon.


alloton

(physics) A particle that carries an imaginary electric charge; posited to account for dark matter


warm dark matter

Dark matter traveling at relativistic, but not ultrarelativistic, speeds.


hot dark matter

Dark matter traveling at ultrarelativistic speeds.


cold dark matter

Dark matter traveling at classical, nonrelativistic speeds.


superdiamagnetic

en-adj

superdiamagnetic (comparative more superdiamagnetic, superlative most superdiamagnetic)

more superdiamagnetic (comparative)
most superdiamagnetic (superlative)

(physics) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting superdiamagnetism.


hyperentanglement

en-noun

hyperentanglement (countable and uncountable, plural hyperentanglements)

(physics) entanglement involving more than one degree of freedom


thermodynamic state

thermodynamic state (plural thermodynamic states)

(physics) A set of values (state variables) that together constitute a complete specification of the thermodynamic properties of a system.


thermodynamic system

thermodynamic system (plural thermodynamic systems)

(physics) A localized physical system consisting of interacting components, called degrees of freedom


bitriplet

(spectroscopy) Six lines or peaks composed of a pair of triplets


magnetocentrifugal

(physics, astronomy) Describing the rotating magnetic flux jets associated with supernovae etc.


classicalon

(physics) An extended classical object, formed at high energy, that decays into various particle states.


geometrothermodynamics

(physics, astronomy) The study of geometric aspects of large-scale thermodynamic systems (such as stars)


supernematic

(physics) describing a nematic system, having dispersed nanoparticles, that has enhanced physical properties


supercurvature

(physics) The curvature of spacetime in higher dimensions (in supersymmetry)


superarrival

Here we suggest a scheme for secure information transfer using superarrivals.

2002, A. S. Majumdar, Dipankar Home, “Quantum Information Transfer Using a Time-Dependent Boundary Condition”, in Yoshimasa A Ono, Kazuo Fujikawa, editors, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology: ISQM - Tokyo '01, page 72:

2004, American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Reviews: Annual Index — 2004, page 1564,
Majumdar, A. S. (with Ali, Md Manirul, Home, Dipankar), Understanding quantum superarrivals using the Bohmian model. (English summary) Phys. Lett. A 304 (2002), no. 3–4, […]

(physics) The occurrence of a time interval of raised probability of a quantum wave packet being reflected at a barrier when that barrier is lowered (or transmitted when the barrier is raised).


eigenspinor

(physics) A quantum mechanics vector that represents the spin state of a particle.


photoimpedance

(physics) impedance that varies depending on the amount of incident light


elastoplasticity

(physics) The condition of showing both elastic and plastic properties, typically as a result of being stretched beyond an elastic limit


electroexcitation

(physics) The formation of an excited state by the absorption of an electron


triexciton

(physics) A quantum combination of three excitons


antialigning

(physics) aligning in an opposite direction


lightfront

(physics) The set of photons in the same phase of a pulse of (especially laser) light.


multispinor

(physics) A combination of multiple spinors.


azeotropy

(physical chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic


Froude number

(fluid mechanics) A dimensionless number defined as the ratio of a characteristic velocity to a gravitational wave velocity, used in fluid mechanics to determine the resistance of an object moving through water.


electrodiffusion

electrodiffusion (usually uncountable, plural electrodiffusions)

(physics) diffusion of charged particles under the influence of an electric field


spinoidal

(physics) An upper or lower limit of stability of a solution, beyond which it decomposes into multiple phases


yrare

(physics) The state of a nucleus with minimum energy, but excluding the yrast. The second-least excited state for a given angular momentum.


yrast

(physics) The state of a nucleus with minimum energy (i.e. when least excited) for a given angular momentum.


A.C.

A.C. (countable and uncountable, plural A.C.s)

AC

alternating current, anno Christi, ante Christum, army corps, athletic club


uranopilite

From uranium + Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “felt”) + -ite, alluding to its composition and habit (containing uranium) and felt-like appearance.

(mineralogy) A fluorescent radioactive mineral, hydrated uranyl sulfate hydroxide.


geometrogenesis

(physics) The supposed emergence of spacetime geometry (and of matter) from interacting quantum systems (in quantum gravity theory).


gyrosynchrotron

electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic radiation

(physics) Describing electromagnetic radiation emitted by charged particles moving at close to light speed in a magnetic field


thermocompositional

(physics) Describing systems (such as buoyancy) that results from both thermal and compositional (such as salinity) factors


multiphysics

(physics) The simultaneous use of multiple physical models or techniques