ultracold

adjective

ul·​tra·​cold ˌəl-trə-ˈkōld How to pronounce ultracold (audio)
: having a very low temperature : extremely or extraordinarily cold
ultracold liquid nitrogen
ultracold temperatures

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The biggest challenge is that the property was observed at ultracold temperatures of about 60 kelvins (-351 °F/-213 °C). Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025 The number of ultracold atoms in the resulting Bose-Einstein condensate was measured and fed back to the player as a score. Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019 Its infrared sensors, its ultracold location in space, and its sunshield — which blocks the light of the sun, moon and Earth — are uniquely suited to resolve the first galaxies and their stars. Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024 Their experiments involved shooting photons through a cloud of ultracold rubidium atoms and measuring the resulting degree of atomic excitation. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ultracold

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First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ultracold was in 1861

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“Ultracold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultracold. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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