absolute zero

NOUN

lowest temperature

Synonyms

WEAK

absence of heat zero degrees Kelvin zero kelvins

Example Sentences

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Superconducting circuits use metals cooled to near absolute zero; trapped ions are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"But even at the absolute zero temperature, the ground state, the ticking rate will still be affected by just the quantum fluctuations alone."

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

They worked with a gas of lithium atoms cooled to just a few billionths of a degree Celsius above absolute zero.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Infleqtion’s approach uses particles that are cooled to near absolute zero and controlled by lasers.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

You can never cool an object to absolute zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife