Soliton
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- solitary wavesoliton wave
- plural
- Solitons
- possessive
- Soliton's
- pluralpossessive
- Solitons'