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spinon

noun

Etymology

From spin + -on.

  1. inherited from *(s)penh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *spinnaną✻
  3. inherited from spinnan
  4. inherited from spinnen
  5. suffixed as spinon — “spin + on”

Definitions

  1. One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the holon and orbiton) that…

    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.

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