Meaning

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

Origin

From orbit + -on.

From orbit + -on.

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Forms

plural: orbitons
Singularorbiton
Pluralorbitons

regular

Word family

3 related words
Derivedorbitonic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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