# skyrmion

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
2. A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.

## Etymology
Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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