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itinerance

itinerance noun: the (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material.

Noun

itinerance (plural itinerances)

  1. The (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material
    • Their precise role in the interplay between itinerance and localisation, long known to underpin Mottness in d-band oxides, has however received much less attention.2015, Mukul S. Laad, S. Koley, A. Taraphder, “Mott transitions and Novel Orders in Multi-Orbital Models: The Relevance of Structural "Double Exchange"”, in arXiv

Forms of itinerance

pluralitinerances

Origin of itinerance

From French itinérance. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ance.

Questions about itinerance

What does itinerance mean?
Itinerance means the (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material.
What part of speech is itinerance?
Itinerance is a noun.
What is the plural of itinerance?
The plural of itinerance is itinerances.

Words near itinerance in the dictionary

  1. itikaf
  2. ITIL
  3. ITIN
  4. itineracies
  5. itineracy
  6. itinerance
  7. itinerances
  8. itinerancies
  9. itinerancy
  10. itinerant
  11. itinerant worker

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