anticross

anticross

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider.
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English cross
English anticross

    From anti- + cross.

    Verb

    anticross (third-person singular simple present anticrosses, present participle anticrossing, simple past and past participle anticrossed)

    1. (quantum mechanics, of energy levels) To fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states
      • 1998, Lev Zimin et al., “LO Phonon Renormalization in Optically Excited CuCl Nanocrystals”, in Physical Review Letters‎[1], volume 80, number 14:
        When the mixing becomes resonant, the phonon sideband anticrosses with the excited exciton state.

    Noun

    anticross (plural anticrosses)

    1. (quantum mechanics) A case of anticrossing
      • 1998, K. Chang, J.B. Xia, “The effects of electric field on the electronic structure of a semiconductor quantum dot”, in Journal of Applied Physics‎[2], volume 84:
        These anticrosses arise from the mixing effect of heavy and light hole states.

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