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exciton

/ˈɛksɪtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
ex-ci-ton
IPA
/ˈɛksɪtən/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor

Etymology

From excite + -on.

Inflected Forms

excitons (plural)

Derived Forms

biexciton excitonic excitonically excitonics interexciton intraexciton locsiton magnetoexciton multiexciton orthoexciton paraexciton quadexciton

Questions

How do you pronounce exciton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛksɪtən/.
What does exciton mean?
A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
Where does exciton come from?
From excite + -on.

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