noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.

Etymology

From polari(za)t(ion) + -on. By surface analysis, from polarit(y) + -on.

Related phrases

electromagnetic waveexcited state

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