superflown.
/ˈsuːpəfləʊ/, /ˈsjuːpəfləʊ/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌfloʊ/ Physics.
Flow of a superfluid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > fluid dynamics > [noun] > superfluidity > flow
superflow1939
1939 Canad. Jrnl. Res. 17 a. 163 An ordinary flow of the whole fluid is superposed on the super-flow.
1966 K. Mendelssohn Quest for Absolute Zero x. 234 The characteristic feature of superflow..was transport completely free of friction.
1975 Nature 10 Jan. 93/3 It is superflow in the film which is responsible for the well known and dramatic phenomenon of the beaker of helium which empties itself while remaining upright.
2004 Nature 15 Jan. p. vii/2 Theory predicts that superflow can even occur in solid helium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1939- surface post
- surface pressure
- surface printing
- surface process
- surface product
- surface production
- surface railway
- surface rib
- surface ripple
- surface road
- surface roller
- surface roughness length
- surface run-off
- surface runoff
- surface science
- surface scientist
- surface shelter
- surface ship
- surface skimmer
- surface sod
- surface soil
- surface sowing
- swamp robin
- swamp rock
- swamp rose