Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloch wave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: bloch wave
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of wavefunction for a particle in a periodically repeating environment, most commonly an electron in a crystal.

Etymology

Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

Inflected Forms

Bloch waves (plural)

Questions

What does bloch wave mean?: A type of wavefunction for a particle in a periodically repeating environment, most commonly an electron in a crystal.
Where does bloch wave come from?: Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

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