Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt of cupric acid.

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  • noun inorganic chemistry Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCumOn, many of which are superconductors
  • noun organic chemistry Any organocopper compound of general formula R2Cu

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Examples

  • Now, Amit Goyal and colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US have introduced nanoscale defects into a "cuprate" superconductor to create short lengths of wire that can carry large currents and work in strong magnetic fields.

    The second time as comedy 2006

  • They are a step closer to reality thanks to scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who have introduced nanoscale defects into a “cuprate” superconductor to create short wires that can carry large currents and work in strong magnetic fields.

    Nanosuperconductors | Blog | Futurismic 2006

  • They are a step closer to reality thanks to scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who have introduced nanoscale defects into a “cuprate” superconductor to create short wires that can carry large currents and work in strong magnetic fields.

    2006 March | Futurismic 2006

  • I predicted optical rotary activity in bulk cuprate superconductors, which was unfortunately disproved by Aharon, although the symmetry breaking I predicted was eventually found by Laura Greene at the University of Illinois.

    Robert B. Laughlin - Autobiography 1999

  • Finally, in early 1987 the news of the new "high-Tc" cuprate superconductors galvanized the world of many-body quantum physics, and led many of us to reexamine older ideas and dig for new ones.

    Philip W. Anderson - Autobiography 1992

  • Mr.P. went out to the extreme end of the bowsprit and gazed down into the deep blue sea, wondering whether its color was really due to excess of salt, or the presence of cuprate of ammonia.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 Various

  • In this study, the researchers focused on two properties that distinguish those cuprate strange metals from Fermi liquids.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • In this study, the researchers focused on two properties that distinguish those cuprate strange metals from Fermi liquids.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • In angle-resolved photoemission experiments and transport studies on a cuprate material that exhibits striped electronic inhomogeneity, scientists for years observed that superconductivity is heavily affected by the nanoscale features and in some respect even optimized.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • In angle-resolved photoemission experiments and transport studies on a cuprate material that exhibits striped electronic inhomogeneity, scientists for years observed that superconductivity is heavily affected by the nanoscale features and in some respect even optimized.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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