Holon

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounOne of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon 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.

2.NounSomething that is both a part and a whole.

Synonyms

chargon spinon orbiton hyperon hooperon hadron polaron antihyperon hyperhydrogen quasineutron quasihole multipolaron

Rhymes With

crestfallen bollen stolon all in pollen fallen call in fall in

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