Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adparticle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-par-ti-cle
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.

Example Sentences

"Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small."

Etymology

Revised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 paper "Theory of field desorption", coined by chemists Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy, in 1957 as a shortening of adsorption + particle.

Inflected Forms

adparticles (plural)

Questions

What does adparticle mean?: A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
Where does adparticle come from?: Revised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 paper "Theory of field desorption", coined by chemists Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy, in 1957 as a shortening of adsorption + particle.

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