exciton

English

Etymology

excit- + -on

Noun

exciton (plural excitons)

1. (physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor

Derived terms

• excitonic
• excitonically
• excitonics
• orthoexciton
• paraexciton

Translations

bound state of electron and hole

• French: exciton (fr) m
• German: Exziton (de) n
• Italian: eccitone (it) m

• Japanese: 励起子 (ja) (rēki-shi)
• Korean: 여기자 (ko) (yeogija), 엑시톤 (ko) (eksiton)

See also

• Exciton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Noun

exciton m (plural excitons)

1. (physics) exciton

See also

• Exciton on the French Wikipedia.fr.Wikipedia