English Explanatory Dictionary

skyrmion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
  2. A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.

Word forms

skyrmion skyrmions

Etymology

Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.

Synonyms

magnetic skyrmion

Derived words

antiskyrmion interskyrmion multiskyrmion nanoskyrmion skyrmionic skyrmionics skyrmionium

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 斯格明子 Finnish: skyrmioni Greek: σκυρμιόνιο Polish: skyrmion Portuguese: skyrmion
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