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straintronics

straintronics noun: a situation, observed in graphene and elsewhere, in which an applied strain causes electrons to behave as if they were in a magnetic field.

Noun

straintronics (uncountable)

  1. A situation, observed in graphene and elsewhere, in which an applied strain causes electrons to behave as if they were in a magnetic field.

Origin of straintronics

From strain + -tronics.

Questions about straintronics

What does straintronics mean?
Straintronics means a situation, observed in graphene and elsewhere, in which an applied strain causes electrons to behave as if they were in a magnetic field.
What part of speech is straintronics?
Straintronics is a noun.

Words near straintronics in the dictionary

  1. strains every nerve
  2. strains the potatoes
  3. strainsome
  4. straint
  5. straintronic
  6. straintronics
  7. strait
  8. strait and narrow
  9. strait jacket
  10. strait jackets
  11. Strait of Bab el Mandeb

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