Brillouin zone
noun
Bril·louin zone
¦brēyə¦waⁿ-
in solid state theory
: one of the limited ranges within which the energy and momentum of an electron in a metallic crystal may vary continuously without any quantum jumps
Word History
Etymology
after Louis M. Brillouin †1948 French physicist
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