soliton

soliton

See also: Soliton, solitón, and sóliton

English

Etymology

solitary +‎ -on

Noun

soliton (plural solitons)

1. (physics, mathematics) A self-reinforcing travelling wave or pulse caused by any non-linear effect (found in many physical systems).

Derived terms

• antisoliton
• autosoliton
• bisoliton
• bright soliton
• dark soliton
• multisoliton
• solitonic
• solitonics
• solitonized
• supersoliton

 

Translations

self-reinforcing travelling wave

Basque: solitoi (eu) Finnish: solitoni French: soliton (fr) m German: Soliton (de) n Italian: solitone m

Japanese: ソリトン (soriton) Persian: سولیتون‎, سالیتون‎ Portuguese: sóliton m Russian: солито́н (ru) m (solitón) Spanish: solitón (es) m

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