Usually means: Bound state of electron, hole.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. exciton: Merriam-Webster
  2. exciton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. exciton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. exciton: Collins English Dictionary
  5. exciton: Wordnik
  6. exciton: Wiktionary
  7. exciton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. exciton: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. exciton: Dictionary.com
  10. Exciton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. exciton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. exciton: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Exciton: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

(Note: See excitonic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (exciton)

▸ noun:  (physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor

Similar:
biexciton, paraexciton, orthoexciton, excitonics, quadexciton, multiexciton, electron hole, triexciton, electroexcitation, hole, more...

Opposite:
hole, electron, photon.

Types:
bound, free, more...

Phrases:
frenkel exciton, more...

Adjectives:
free, bound, trapped, hole, single, lowest, neutral, indirect, longitudinal, dimensional, heavy

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Similar:
biexciton, paraexciton, orthoexciton, excitonics, quadexciton, multiexciton, electron hole, triexciton, electroexcitation, hole, more...

Opposite:
hole, electron, photon.

Types:
bound, free, more...

Phrases:
frenkel exciton, more...

Adjectives:
free, bound, trapped, hole, single, lowest, neutral, indirect, longitudinal, dimensional, heavy



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