spinor

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /spɪnɔɹ/

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Noun

spinor (plural spinors)

1. (algebra) An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that transforms to its negative when the space is rotated through a complete turn from 0° to 360°.

Derived terms

• bispinor
• eigenspinor
• isospinor
• multispinor
• pseudospinor
• spinorial
• superspinor

Translations

element of Clifford algebra

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旋量 (zh) (xuán liàng)

• Dutch: spinor m
• Esperanto: spinoro
• Finnish: spinori
• French: spineur (fr) m
• German: Spinor m
• Italian: spinore m
• Japanese: スピノール (supinouru)
• Russian: спино́р (ru) m (spinór)
• Spanish: espinor (es) m
• Turkish: spinör
• Ukrainian: спіно́р m (spinór)

Anagrams

• porins, prions, prison, proins, ripons