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backfoldings

backfoldings is the plural of backfolding.

Meaning of backfolding

Noun

backfolding (plural backfoldings)

  1. A folding backwards.
    • While the former leads to a weak backfolding of surface bands only, the latter can modify the surface-state dispersion and lead to a Lifshitz transition.2015, Pier Paolo Baruselli, Matthias Vojta, “Surface reconstruction in a tight-binding model for the topological Kondo insulator SmB6”, in arXiv

Questions about backfoldings

What is backfoldings the plural of?
Backfoldings is the plural of backfolding.

Words near backfoldings in the dictionary

  1. backflushing
  2. backflux
  3. backfluxes
  4. backfolded
  5. backfolding
  6. backfoldings
  7. backfoot
  8. backfooted
  9. backfooting
  10. backfoots
  11. backform

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