orbiton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.

Word forms

orbiton orbitons

Etymology

From orbit + -on.

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