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orbitons

orbitons is the plural of orbiton.

Meaning of orbiton

Noun

orbiton (plural orbitons)

  1. (particle) A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.
    • Two such quasi-particles had been seen before, but a team reporting in Nature has now confirmed a third: the orbiton.2012, BBC News online, 18 Apr 2012

Questions about orbitons

What is orbitons the plural of?
Orbitons is the plural of orbiton.

Words near orbitons in the dictionary

  1. orbitomedial
  2. orbitomesial
  3. orbiton
  4. orbitonasal
  5. orbitonic
  6. orbitons
  7. orbitopathies
  8. orbitopathy
  9. orbitoprefrontal
  10. orbitosphenoid
  11. orbitosphenoidal

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