solitonn.
/ˈsɒlɪtɒn/ Physics.
A solitary wave (see solitary adj. 1e); a quantum or quasiparticle propagated in the manner of a solitary wave.
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soliton1965
1965 Zabusky & Kruskal in Physical Rev. Lett. 15 240/1 Each such ‘solitary-wave pulse’ or ‘soliton’ begins to move uniformly at a rate..which is linearly proportional to its amplitude.
1967 C. S. Gardner et al. in Physical Rev. Lett. 19 1096/1 The solitons exhibit a remarkable stability in that their identity is preserved through nonlinear interactions. This property of solitons..was discovered numerically and justifies the name suggestive of particles.
1968 Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union XLIX. 209/2 Steep waves in shallow water have nonlinear properties similar to those exhibited by interacting ‘solitons’, nonlinear dispersive wave entities that arise in solutions of the Korteweg-de-Vries..equation.
1976 Nature 8 Apr. 510/2 Figure 2a and b shows typical streamline patterns for waves corresponding to solitary waves of elevation (E solitons) and of depression (D solitons).
1979 Physica Scripta XX. 306/1 Solitons appear in many fields of our life ranging from classical fluids, solid state and elementary particle physics to biophysics.
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