quantum dot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "A quantum dot is a semiconductor crystal a few nanometres (billionths of a metre) across – about 50 atoms wide, in other words."
- "There was talk that Apple would release an iMac with a quantum dot screen last year. But then the company switched course, declaring that the existing process for making these little crystals was too toxic to the environment."