orbiton

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English[edit]

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orbiton

Etymology[edit]

From orbit +‎ -on.

Noun[edit]

orbiton (plural orbitons)

(physics) A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.
- 2012, BBC News online, 18 Apr 2012:
  Two such quasi-particles had been seen before, but a team reporting in Nature has now confirmed a third: the orbiton.

Translations[edit]

quasiparticle

Finnish: orbitoni

See also[edit]

holon
spinon

Anagrams[edit]

'bortion, biotron

Esperanto[edit]

Noun[edit]

orbiton

accusative singular of orbito

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