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fracton

fracton noun: a collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.

Noun

fracton (plural fractons)

  1. A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.

Forms of fracton

pluralfractons

Origin of fracton

From fractal + -on.

Words formed from fracton

Questions about fracton

What does fracton mean?
Fracton means a collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.
What part of speech is fracton?
Fracton is a noun.
What is the plural of fracton?
The plural of fracton is fractons.

Words near fracton in the dictionary

  1. fractography
  2. fractoluminescence
  3. fractoluminescent
  4. fractomorpheme
  5. fractomorphemes
  6. fracton
  7. fractone
  8. fractones
  9. fractonic
  10. fractons
  11. FRACTRAN

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