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

By placing it inside a helium nanodroplet, they reduced its temperature to just 0.37 degrees above absolute zero.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

They tested the system on an ultrathin sample of BSCCO, cooling it to near absolute zero so it would enter its superconducting state.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

A black hole with a mass a few times that of the sun would have a temperature of only one ten millionth of a degree above absolute zero.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking