Metamaterial
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially
"This study paves the way for investigating complex contact-based dynamics of microgranular media, demonstrates a novel acoustic metamaterial, and yields a new approach to studying micro- to nanoscale contact mechanics in multiparticle networks.."
- 2 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.
Example
More examples"This study paves the way for investigating complex contact-based dynamics of microgranular media, demonstrates a novel acoustic metamaterial, and yields a new approach to studying micro- to nanoscale contact mechanics in multiparticle networks.."
Etymology
From meta- + material.
Related phrases
More for "metamaterial"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.