superinsulating
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
super- + insulating
Verb[edit]
superinsulating
- present participle and gerund of superinsulate
Adjective[edit]
superinsulating (not comparable)
- (physics) Displaying infinite resistivity at finite temperatures; in a state of superinsulation.
- 2016, Tal Levinson, Adam Doron, Idan Tamir, Girish Chandra Tewari, Dan Shahr, “A Direct Determination of the Temperature of Overheated Electrons in an Insulator”, in arXiv[1]:
- Electron overheating has been shown to give a consistent description of this behavior, but there are other, more exotic, explanations including a novel, superinsulating state and a many-body localized state.
- Capable of producing superinsulation.
- 2012, Jochen Fricke, Aerogels, →ISBN, page v:
- Silica aerogels as translucent or transparent superinsulating fillers in window systems could help to considerably reduce thermal losses in windows and to improve the energy balance in passive solar systems.