exciton

English

Etymology

excite +‎ -on

Noun

exciton (plural excitons)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• excitonic
• excitonically
• excitonics

• orthoexciton
• paraexciton

Translations

bound state of electron and hole

• Chinese: 激子 (zh) (jīzǐ)
• Finnish: eksitoni
• French: exciton (fr) m
• German: Exziton n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: eccitone (it) m
• Japanese: 励起子 (rēki-shi)
• Korean: 여기자 (yeogija), 엑시톤 (eksiton)

See also

• exciton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• xenotic

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.tɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

exciton m (plural excitons)

1. (physics) exciton

See also

• exciton on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr