The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.
superconductivity
(sooh-puhr-kon-duk-TIV-uh-tee) A property of some materials in which their electrical resistance drops to zero, and they acquire the ability to carry electric current with no loss of energy whatsoever. Formerly, materials developed superconductivity only at temperatures near absolute zero, but new materials have been found that remain superconductive at temperatures above those of liquid nitrogen. The goal of current research is to find a material that remains superconductive at room temperature.
