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spinon

spinon noun: one of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the holon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

Noun

spinon (plural spinons)

  1. (particle) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the holon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

Forms of spinon

pluralspinons

Origin of spinon

From spin + -on.

Words formed from spinon

Questions about spinon

What does spinon mean?
Spinon means one of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the holon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.
What part of speech is spinon?
Spinon is a noun.
What is the plural of spinon?
The plural of spinon is spinons.

Words near spinon in the dictionary

  1. Spinola
  2. spinolaminar
  3. Spinolas
  4. spinomedullary
  5. spinomuscular
  6. spinon
  7. Spinone Italiano
  8. spinoneural
  9. Spinoni Italiani
  10. spinonic
  11. spinons

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