metamaterial

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meta- +‎ material

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metamaterial (plural metamaterials)

  1. (engineering, physics) Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially:
    1. 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.

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metamaterial m (plural metamateriales)

  1. metamaterial