Soliton Definition

sŏlĭ-tŏn
noun
A solitary wavelike disturbance that maintains its shape and velocity despite collisions with other such disturbances.
Webster's New World
A pulselike wave that can exist in nonlinear systems, does not obey the superposition principle, and does not disperse.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • solitary wave
  • soliton wave

Other Word Forms of Soliton

Noun

Singular:
soliton
Plural:
solitons

Origin of Soliton

  • solitary +"Ž -on

    From Wiktionary

  • solit(ary) –on

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Soliton Sentence Examples

  • We are interested in the role that determinants play in determining new solutions to various soliton equations.

  • In particular we study properties of the recently discovered so-called " embedded soliton " solutions.

  • Hamiltonian Theory An important idea introduced within soliton theory was that of a bi-Hamiltonian system.

  • Some of these equations are interesting from the physical point of view due to their soliton solutions.

  • The algorithm continues at step 2 using the new estimate of soliton field.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOL

Words Ending With

NONTON

Unscrambles

soliton

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

Starts With S & Ends With NStarts With SO & Ends With NStarts With S & Ends With ON

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With N