"Meissner effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Meissner effects [plural]
Etymology: For Walther Meißner, German physicist. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Meissner effect (plural Meissner effects)
  1. (physics) The total expulsion of magnetic flux from the interior of a superconducting metal when it is cooled in a magnetic field below a critical temperature, near absolute zero, at which the transition to superconductivity takes place. Wikipedia link: Meissner effect Categories (topical): Physics

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