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Bose-Einstein condensate

(bōsˈīnˈstīnˌ)

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.

Origin:

Origin: After Satyendra Nath Bose

Origin: and Albert Einstein

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