■ noun Physics a loosely bound pair of electrons with opposite spins, held to be responsible for superconductivity.
Origin
1960s: named after the American physicist Leon N. Cooper .
■ noun Physics a loosely bound pair of electrons with opposite spins, held to be responsible for superconductivity.
Origin
1960s: named after the American physicist Leon N. Cooper .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004