polariton
noun
polariton is a noun meaning “Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-L-A-R-I-T-O-N, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of polariton is polaritons.
What does polariton mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of polariton
- polaritons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is polariton?
Polariton appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Polariton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quasiparticle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polariton |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does polariton come from?
From polari(za)t(ion) + -on. By surface analysis, from polarit(y) + -on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).