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millikelvin

millikelvin noun: one thousandth of a kelvin.

Noun (1)

millikelvin (plural millikelvins)

  1. One thousandth of a kelvin
    • ILT's device cools samples to several millikelvins, cold enough to freeze helium.1997 June 20, Richard Stone, “Space Research Centers Search for New Frontier”, in Science, volume 276, number 5320, →DOI
    • This zero-bias maximum disappears as temperature is raised above several hundred millikelvin, in agreement with theory ( 8 ): Because V sd is equal to the separation between the Fermi levels of the two leads, finite V sd splits the Kondo resonance into two peaks.1998 July 24, Takeshi Inoshita, “CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots”, in Science, volume 281, number 5376, →DOI, pages 526–527
    Synonyms:
    mK

Adjective

millikelvin (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the temperature range at which temperatures are expressed in millikelvins
    • The temperatures required for producing a crystalline solid out of such a "one-component plasma" (3) are in the millikelvin range.1998 January 30, John Schiffer, “PHYSICS: Sparse Crystals”, in Science, volume 279, number 5351, →DOI, pages 675–676
    • These results imply that DNA molecules can be conducting down to millikelvin temperature and that phase coherence is maintained over several hundred nanometers.2001 January 12, A. Yu. Kasumov et al., “Proximity-Induced Superconductivity in DNA”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI, pages 280–282

Noun (2) capitalized: milliKelvin

milliKelvin (plural milliKelvins)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of millikelvin.

Synonyms of millikelvin

Forms of millikelvin

pluralmillikelvins
pluralmilliKelvins

Origin of millikelvin

From milli- + kelvin.

Words formed from millikelvin

Questions about millikelvin

What does millikelvin mean?
Millikelvin means one thousandth of a kelvin.
What part of speech is millikelvin?
Millikelvin can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of millikelvin?
The plural of millikelvin is millikelvins.

Words near millikelvin in the dictionary

  1. Millikans
  2. millikatal
  3. millikatals
  4. millikayser
  5. millikaysers
  6. millikelvin
  7. millikelvins
  8. Milliken
  9. Millikenpark
  10. Millikens
  11. Millikin

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