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domain walls

domain walls is the plural of domain wall.

Meaning of domain wall

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

Questions about domain walls

What is domain walls the plural of?
Domain walls is the plural of domain wall.

Words near domain walls in the dictionary

  1. domain of convergence
  2. domain of discourse
  3. domain tasting
  4. domain theory
  5. domain wall
  6. domain walls
  7. domain-specific
  8. domain-specific language
  9. domain-specific languages
  10. domainal
  11. domaine

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