absolute zero

NOUN

lowest temperature

Synonyms

WEAK

absence of heat zero degrees Kelvin zero kelvins

Example Sentences

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To build the system, the researchers used radio waves to inject magnons into a Helium-3 superfluid cooled to temperatures near absolute zero.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

By placing it inside a helium nanodroplet, they reduced its temperature to just 0.37 degrees above absolute zero.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Xanadu’s machines will be able to function at room temperature, eliminating the need for the bulky refrigerators needed to cool the components of most computers to absolute zero.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Infleqtion’s approach uses particles that are cooled to near absolute zero and controlled by lasers.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

You can never cool an object to absolute zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife