Definition of "metamaterials" [metamaterials]

• Plural form of metamaterial. (noun)

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• "Both the space and time cloaking devices require the use of what are called metamaterials ."
• "David Smith of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, had built such a device using exotic "metamaterials" - materials with unusual electromagnetic properties that are not found in nature."
• "This is possible because of a new generation of artificial materials called metamaterials that can, in principle at least, steer light in any way imaginable."