Definitions For Exciton

Noun

EXCITON (plural EXCITONs) (physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor

Derived terms

{{der-top}} excitonic excitonically excitonics {{der-mid}} orthoexciton paraexciton {{der-bottom}}

Translations

Chinese: 激子, sc=Hani Finnish: eksitoni French: exciton, m German: Exziton, n Italian: eccitone, m Japanese: 励起子 (rēki-shi) Korean: 여기자, 엑시톤

See also

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Etymology

excite + on

Anagrams

xenotic

Is Exciton a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Exciton is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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