Definitions

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  • adjective Having far greater weight than usual.
  • adjective physics Describing a transuranic element having an atomic number greater than 110
  • adjective linguistics stressed more than is usual
  • noun physics Any superheavy element.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ heavy

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Examples

  • "Proving the existence of atoms with such a high mass, the so-called superheavy elements, is a complex procedure because they exist for only tiny fractions of a second and then decay radioactively into other elements."

    Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories 2009

  • The complex has proven reserves of over 2.1 billion barrels and probable reserves of 5 billion, though its crude is "superheavy", with a correspondingly low market price.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report November 2002 2006

  • The complex has proven reserves of over 2.1 billion barrels and probable reserves of 5 billion, though its crude is "superheavy", with a correspondingly low market price.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report November 2002 2006

  • Physicists have reported synthesizing element 117, the latest achievement in their quest to create "superheavy" elements in the laboratory.

    Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory In 1990, Livermore's Ken Moody, left, and Ron Lougheed, center, joined Academician Yuri Oganessian, head of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia, to toast the beginning of what became a 21-year collaboration to create superheavy elements.

    Party of Two Is Seated at the Periodic Table Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • In a big storm, there are a large number of such clouds, which in exceptional cases may weigh together about one thousand times more.31 If a superheavy storm like that would move at gale force 8 (that is about 45 mph), this natural force would represent the incredible quantity of energy of 2 × 1018 joules (unit of energy).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • * New superheavy element to be added to the Periodic Table.

    Monday bridgetminerva 2009

  • I did some damage but got smoked by superheavy tanks.

    Ogre Miniatures at Cold Wars 2010 « Third Point of Singularity 2010

  • In a big storm, there are a large number of such clouds, which in exceptional cases may weigh together about one thousand times more.31 If a superheavy storm like that would move at gale force 8 (that is about 45 mph), this natural force would represent the incredible quantity of energy of 2 × 1018 joules (unit of energy).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • In a big storm, there are a large number of such clouds, which in exceptional cases may weigh together about one thousand times more.31 If a superheavy storm like that would move at gale force 8 (that is about 45 mph), this natural force would represent the incredible quantity of energy of 2 × 1018 joules (unit of energy).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Superheavy elements don’t occur naturally on Earth, but scientists think that they might appear in stars.

    Heaviest element yet within reach after major breakthrough Katherine Bourzac 2024

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