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domain wall

Syllables: do·main·wall

domain wall noun: an interface separating magnetic domains.

Noun

domain wall (plural domain walls)

  1. An interface separating magnetic domains.
    • A domain wall corresponds to the rotation of the magnetization vector from one magnetic domain to another.1998, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Javier Tejada, Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetic Moment, →ISBN, page 67
  2. A two-dimensional singularity hypothesized in string theory.
    • The simplest soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the next simplest is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).2006, M. Eto et al., “Solitons in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories”, in Particles, Strings and Cosmology, →ISBN, page 266

Forms of domain wall

pluraldomain walls

Questions about domain wall

What does domain wall mean?
Domain wall means an interface separating magnetic domains.
What part of speech is domain wall?
Domain wall is a noun.
What is the plural of domain wall?
The plural of domain wall is domain walls.

Words near domain wall in the dictionary

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  3. domain of discourse
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  6. domain wall
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  8. domain-specific
  9. domain-specific language
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