exciton
noun
ex·ci·ton ˈek-sə-ˌtän 
-ˌsī-
: a mobile combination of an electron and a hole in an excited crystal (as of a semiconductor)
excitonic
ˌek-sə-ˈtä-nik
adjective -ˌsī-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The researchers blasted the semiconductor layers with laser light to create a particle-like entity called an exciton. 
Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021 But this work was only meant as a proof of concept of exciton fission in a solar cell. Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 11 July 2019
Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021 But this work was only meant as a proof of concept of exciton fission in a solar cell. Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 11 July 2019 Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary excitation + -on entry 2
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined above
- fixate on or upon
- fixated
- fixated (on or upon)
- fixated (on)
- fixated on
- fixated on or upon
- fixates
- fixates (on or upon)
- fixates (on)
- fixates on
- fixates on or upon
- fixatif
- fixatifs
- fixating
- fixating (on or upon)
- fixating (on)
- fixating on
- fixating on or upon
- fixation
- fixations
- fixative
- fixatives
- fixatures
- fixed
- fixed accent