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skewon

noun

Etymology

From skew + -on.

  1. derived from *skewH-✻ — “to cover, protect”
  2. derived from scūtum — “a shield”
  3. derived from escu
  4. derived from eschieu
  5. derived from eschu
  6. inherited from skeu
  7. suffixed as skewon — “skew + on”

Definitions

  1. A theoretical particle related to the axion and dilaton

    • The identity of Fresnel and Kummer surfaces, which holds true for media with a certain symmetry (zero skewon piece), provides an elegant interpretation of the results.

The neighborhood

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