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condensed matter, n.
Brit. |kənˌdɛnst ˈmatə|, U.S. |kənˌdɛnst ˈmædər|
[‹ condensed adj. + matter n.1]
1. Matter made thicker or denser; spec. matter condensed from a gas or vapour to a solid or liquid. Now rare.
1594G. Chapman σκία νυκτός Thy bodie not composed in thy birth, Of such condensed matter as the earth. 1784Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 130 Letting any water into the globe..would have prevented my examining the nature of the condensed matter. 1851Encycl. Americana V. 138/1 Soot is the condensed matter of smoke. 1859Sci. Amer. 5 Nov. 301/1 The top portion..becomes a condenser of the oleaginous vapor. This (the top) is inclined towards the neck, to hasten the escape of the condensed matter. 1874O. M. Mitchel Astron. of Bible 142 The nebulous stars were specimens of the imperfectly condensed matter. 1907Proc. Royal Soc. (A.) 79 301 The columnar structure..may have been due eruptive matter, reduced to a linear form by threading the spaces between the condensed matter which forms the faculæ.
2. Physics and Astron. Matter in which the constituent atoms or molecules interact strongly and are bound by relatively short-range forces.
1939Physical Rev. 55 381/1 Either the equation of state we have used..fails to describe the behavior of highly condensed matter..or the star will continue to contract indefinitely. 1953Science 13 Nov. 590/1 [List of grants] D. C. Moore, Dept. of Physics. Half-life of positrons in condensed matter. 1966Proc. Royal Soc. 290174 The present-day average density of condensed matter cannot be greater than ∼ 10-30g/cm3, whereas the theory requires the total present-day intergalactic matter density to be ∼ 10-29g/cm3. 1972Physics Bull. Dec. 709/1 The only two substances that remain liquid down to the absolute zero obey different statistics..and thus allow us to study the differing effects of quantum statistics on condensed matter. 1992Sci. News 12 Sept. 175/2 We could have profited much from a deeper study of superconductivity—the preeminent advance in condensed matter physics in this period. 2001Nature 15 Nov. 261/1 In condensed matter, such as a metal conductor, electrons cannot drift freely. |