"metamaterial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metamaterials [plural]
Etymology: meta- + material Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|material}} meta- + material Head templates: {{en-noun}} metamaterial (plural metamaterials)
  1. (engineering, physics) Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially: Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics
    Sense id: en-metamaterial-en-noun-0AdmR95F Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (engineering, physics) Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially:
    Any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation.
    Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics, Metamaterials Translations (Translations): metamateriale (Italian)
    Sense id: en-metamaterial-en-noun-UISPUUet Disambiguation of Metamaterials: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 31 69 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'Translations': 22 78

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