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superconductor

Today it means: A substance that has no resistance to conducting an electric current Full definition →

Dutch suprageleider

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Dutch · calque ofsuprageleider
English todaysuperconductor

From super- + conductor, calque of Dutch suprageleider (modern spelling supergeleider).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.