metamaterial
English
noun
Definitions
- (engineering) any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation
Etymology
Prefix from English material.
Origin
English
material
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- active material English
- antimaterial English
- archaeomaterial English
- archeomaterial English
- astromaterial English
- bimaterial English
- biomaterial English
- commaterial English
- cryptomaterial English
- geomaterial English
- immaterial English
- material English
- materialisation English
- materialise English
- materialism English
- materialist English
- materialistic English
- materiality English
- materialization English
- materialize English
- materially English
- materialness English
- micromaterial English
- multimaterial English
- nanomaterial English
- nonmaterial English
- postmaterial English
- sociomaterial English
- stereometamaterial English
- supermaterial English
- trimaterial English
- unmaterial English
- matière French
- material Middle English
- materio Ido
- material
- materially
- bimaterial
- unmaterial
- immaterial
- materialism
- commaterial
- materialise
- biomaterial
- nonmaterial
- trimaterial
- materialist
- materiality
- materialize
- geomaterial
- antimaterial
- postmaterial
- materialness
- nanomaterial
- multimaterial
- micromaterial
- supermaterial
- astromaterial
- materialistic
- sociomaterial
- archeomaterial
- cryptomaterial
- active material
- archaeomaterial
- materialization
- materialisation
- stereometamaterial