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soliton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
soli-ton
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A solitary wave which retains its permanent structure after interacting with another soliton.

Etymology

From solitary + -on.

Inflected Forms

solitons (plural)

Derived Forms

antisoliton autosoliton bisoliton hopfion multisoliton nilsoliton peakon solitonic solitonics solitonized supersoliton

Phrases

bright soliton dark soliton Davydov soliton topological soliton

Synonyms

carrier wave wave of translation soliton wave solitary wave

Questions

What does soliton mean?
A solitary wave which retains its permanent structure after interacting with another soliton.
Where does soliton come from?
From solitary + -on.

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