soliton

See also: Soliton, solitón, and sóliton

English

Etymology

From solitary ‎ -on.

Noun

soliton (plural solitons)

1. (physics, mathematics) A solitary wave which retains its permanent structure after interacting with another soliton.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) carrier wave, wave of translation

Hypernyms

• solitary wave

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

Translations

• Basque: solitoi (eu)
• Catalan: solitó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孤子 (zh) (gūzǐ), 孤子波 (gūzǐ bō), 孤立子 (zh) (gūlìzǐ), 孤立子波 (zh) (gūlìzǐ bō)

• Finnish: solitoni
• French: soliton (fr) m
• German: Soliton (de) n
• Italian: solitone m
• Japanese: ソリトン (soriton)
• Kazakh: солитон (soliton)
• Persian: سولیتون, سالیتون
• Polish: soliton (pl) m
• Portuguese: sóliton m (Brazil), solitão m (Portugal)
• Russian: солито́н (ru) m (solitón)
• Spanish: solitón (es) m

Anagrams

• lotions, otolins

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English soliton, French soliton, Italian solitone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈli.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -itɔn
• Syllabification: so‧li‧ton

Noun

soliton m inan

1. (mathematics, physics) soliton

Declension

Declension of soliton

	singular	plural
nominative	soliton	solitony
genitive	solitonu	solitonów
dative	solitonowi	solitonom
accusative	soliton	solitony
instrumental	solitonem	solitonami
locative	solitonie	solitonach
vocative	solitonie	solitony

Further reading

• soliton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soliton.

Noun

soliton n (uncountable)

1. soliton

Declension

declension of soliton (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) soliton	solitonul
genitive/dative	(unui) soliton	solitonului
vocative	solitonule