EXCITON


Meaning of EXCITON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈek-sə-ˌtän, -ˌsī- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary excit ation + -on (II)

Date: 1936

: a mobile combination of an electron and a hole in an excited crystal (as of a semiconductor)

• ex·ci·ton·ic ˌek-sə-ˈtä-nik, -ˌsī- adjective

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