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Superselection rule
A superselection rule is a quantum-mechanical rule forbidding coherent superpositions of states in different sectors, so their relative phases have no physical meaning, introduced in 1952.
Supersemar
Supersemar (Surat Perintah Sebelas Maret) is a letter President Sukarno signed on 11 March 1966 authorizing General Suharto to restore security, which Suharto used to take power.
Supersessionism
Supersessionism, also called replacement theology or fulfillment theology, is the traditional Christian claim that the church has replaced Israel in God's purposes, inheriting the covenant; Catholic and Lutheran churches abandoned it after the Holocaust.
Supersex
Supersex is a 2024 Italian Netflix limited series, created by Francesca Manieri, loosely inspired by porn star Rocco Siffredi, starring Alessandro Borghi; seven episodes, released 6 March 2024 after a Berlinale premiere.
Supershit
Supershit is a beach break surf spot near Rantung, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, at coordinates -8.9836, 116.7351, suited to intermediate surfers; the word also names a spice brand and a rare vulgar English noun.
Supersolid
Supersolidity is a state of matter in which particles form a crystal while flowing without friction as a superfluid, predicted decades before first observation in 2017.
Supersolid order in spin–orbit-coupled BECs
Supersolid order in spin–orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates combines frictionless superfluid flow with a spontaneously striped density modulation in ultracold atoms, first observed at MIT in 2017 via Bragg reflection.
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (SARPBC), Psyonix's 2008 PS3/PSN vehicle soccer game built on Unreal Engine 3; predecessor of Rocket League, with boost-flight, supersonic demolitions, 8-player online, 4-player split-screen, Metacritic 67, delisted 2022.
Supersonic aircraft
A supersonic aircraft cruises faster than the speed of sound, above Mach 1. Only Concorde and the Soviet Tu-144 ever carried passengers, and none has flown since 2003.
Supersonic inlet
A supersonic inlet is the duct that captures air ahead of a jet engine on an aircraft flying faster than sound and slows it to subsonic speed.
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, known as SLAM or Vought SLAM, was an American Cold War nuclear ramjet cruise missile project canceled in 1964 before any flight.
Supersonic retropropulsion
Supersonic retropropulsion is an entry, descent, and landing technology that fires retrorockets against supersonic airflow to slow a spacecraft, a candidate for landing large payloads on Mars.
Supersonic speed
Supersonic speed, or supersonic flight, is speed above Mach 1, faster than the local speed of sound, about 761 mph at sea level, producing shock waves and sonic booms.
Supersonic transport
A supersonic transport is a passenger airliner designed to cruise faster than the speed of sound; only Concorde and the Soviet Tu-144 entered commercial service.
Superspace
Superspace is an extension of ordinary spacetime, adding anticommuting Grassmann spinor coordinates so superfields package particles and their superpartners; it was introduced in 1974 by Abdus Salam and John Strathdee.
Superstable theories
In model theory, a superstable theory is a stable theory in which every type does not fork over a finite subset of its domain, a class introduced by Saharon Shelah.
Superstar (1999 film)
Superstar (1999 film) is an American-Canadian comedy directed by Bruce McCulloch. It stars Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher, an SNL character who enters a talent contest.
Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)
Superstar, originally Groupie (Superstar), is a 1969 ballad by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, first recorded by Delaney & Bonnie as a B-side with Eric Clapton, made famous by the Carpenters' 1971 No. 2 US hit.
Superstar K
Superstar K (슈퍼스타K) was a South Korean television singing audition series on the cable channel Mnet, broadcast from 2009 to 2016 and credited with starting Korea's nationwide audition-program boom.
Superstar Singer (सुपरस्टार सिंगर)
Superstar Singer (सुपरस्टार सिंगर) is a Hindi-language children's singing reality show on Sony Entertainment Television and SonyLIV, premiering 29 June 2019, with three seasons, captain-mentored teams, a super judge, and viewer-vote eliminations.
Superstate
A superstate is a centralized political entity formed from multiple states with total authority. It is most famously known for George Orwell's totalitarian Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Superstition
Superstition is a belief or practice based on ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or luck, or a false view of cause and effect.
Superstition (song)
Superstition: 1972 funk single by Stevie Wonder, lead track of Talking Book, written with Jeff Beck, a Billboard Hot 100 number one and two-time Grammy winner built on a Hohner Clavinet riff.
Superstition in India
Superstition in India covers supernatural-causality beliefs from auspicious dating (87% of Hindus) to black magic and witch-hunting. Studied via the Indian Superstition Scale (18 items), contested by Atheist miracle-exposure activists, and lacking a comprehensive central anti-superstition law.
Superstition Mountains
The Superstition Mountains are a volcanic range about 60 km east of Phoenix, Arizona, formed of ash-flow tuff erupted roughly 25 to 15 million years ago, home to the 160,115-acre Superstition Wilderness and Weaver's Needle.
Superstore (TV series)
Superstore (NBC, 2015–2021) is an American workplace sitcom created by Justin Spitzer, set at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, notable for its union-organizing storyline.
Superstrate configuration
The superstrate configuration is a thin-film solar cell architecture in which light enters through the transparent glass support, contrasting with the substrate configuration that allows opaque supports.
Superstring theory
Superstring theory is a quantum theory in which fundamental particles arise as vibrations of one-dimensional strings; consistency requires ten spacetime dimensions, and its spectrum contains the graviton.
Superstruct Entertainment
Superstruct Entertainment is a European live-events company founded in 2017 that owns 80 music festivals across Europe and Australia, including Wacken Open Air and Sziget.
Superstructure (ship)
A superstructure is the decked structure above a ship's main deck, extending side to side and housing the bridge, accommodation, masts, and stacks; aircraft carriers carry theirs as an island.