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n. (context physics English) Any form of matter, such as a solid or liquid, in which there are strong interactions between neighbouring atoms
Wikipedia
Condensed matter may refer to several things
- Condensed matter physics, the study of the physical properties of condensed phases of matter
- European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, a scientific journal published by EDP sciences
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, a scientific journal published by the Institute of Physics
- Physics of Condensed Matter, a scientific journal published by Springer-Verlag, which was subsequently merged with European Physical Journal in 1975
Usage examples of "condensed matter".
We had a profile view of the circular flat disk of condensed matter at the front, with the long column jutting away from the center and the small sphere of the life capsule sitting out near the end of it.
And that intense, tiny blaze at the center was where the condensed matter crossed the static limit and doomed itself to leave the universe forever.
The depths of space were too cold for life, most of the condensed matter too hot for life, space was traversed by radiations inimical to life.
Dietz and Malcom Longair for help with the astrophysics of condensed matter, to John H.
Suppose that there is life down there-not organic life, of course, but life based on partially condensed matter, matter in which the electron shells are few or altogether missing.