Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polaron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: po-laron
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English -on English polaron From polar + -on.

Inflected Forms

polarons (plural)

Derived Forms

antipolaron bipolaron intrapolaron magnetopolaron multipolaron polaronic

Questions

What does polaron mean?: The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.
Where does polaron come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English -on English polaron From polar + -on.

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