ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Metamaterial

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

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

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

This study paves the way for investigating complex contact-based dynamics of microgranular media, demonstrates a novel acoustic metamaterial, and yields a new approach to studying micro- to nanoscale contact mechanics in multiparticle networks.
Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses.

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Related dictionary entries include metalens, metadevice, micromaterial, metaatom, metafilm, nanomaterial.

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