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orbiton

noun

Etymology

From orbit + -on.

  1. derived from orbita — “course, track, impression, mark”
  2. inherited from orbite
  3. suffixed as orbiton — “orbit + on”

Definitions

  1. A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orbiton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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