Bose-Einstein condensate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Bose-Einstein condensate

SYLLABICATION:	Bose-Ein·stein condensate
PRONUNCIATION:	bsnstn
NOUN:	A state of matter that forms below a critical temperature in which all bosons that comprise the matter fall into the same quantum state. Also called superatom.
ETYMOLOGY:	After Satyendra Nath Bose and EinsteinAlbert.


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