ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Orbiton

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Orbiton is a noun meaning (particle physics) A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.

Meaning

(particle physics) A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.

Example Sentences

Two such quasi-particles had been seen before, but a team reporting in Nature has now confirmed a third: the orbiton.

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Related dictionary entries include orbital, holon, spinon, positronium, quasineutron, quasiboson.

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