Ultracooled
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Cooled to a very low temperature. not-comparable
"In 1999, Dr. Hau headed a team of scientists that slowed light, which travels a brisk 186,282 miles a second when unimpeded, to a leisurely 38 miles an hour by shining it into an exotic, ultracooled cloud of sodium atoms."
Example
More examples"In 1999, Dr. Hau headed a team of scientists that slowed light, which travels a brisk 186,282 miles a second when unimpeded, to a leisurely 38 miles an hour by shining it into an exotic, ultracooled cloud of sodium atoms."
Etymology
From ultra- + cooled.
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