anticross
anticross verb: to fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states.
Verb
anticross (third-person singular simple present anticrosses, present participle anticrossing, simple past and past participle anticrossed)
- To fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states
- When the mixing becomes resonant, the phonon sideband anticrosses with the excited exciton state.1998, Lev Zimin et al., “LO Phonon Renormalization in Optically Excited CuCl Nanocrystals”, in Physical Review Letters, volume 80, number 14
Noun
anticross (plural anticrosses)
- A case of anticrossing
- These anticrosses arise from the mixing effect of heavy and light hole states.1998, K. Chang, J.B. Xia, “The effects of electric field on the electronic structure of a semiconductor quantum dot”, in Journal of Applied Physics, volume 84
Forms of anticross
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | anticrosses |
| present participle | anticrossing |
| past participle | anticrossed |
| past | anticrossed |
| Noun | |
| plural | anticrosses |
Origin of anticross
From anti- + cross.
Questions about anticross
- What does anticross mean?
- Anticross means to fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states.
- What part of speech is anticross?
- Anticross can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of anticross?
- The past tense of anticross is anticrossed.
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