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solid-state physics
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solid-state physics
n.
The branch of physics that deals with the physical properties of solid materials, especially the electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and structural properties of crystalline solids. Also called condensed matter physics.

solid-state physics
n
(Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with experimental and theoretical investigations of the properties of solids, such as superconductivity, photoconductivity, and ferromagnetism

solid-state physics
The branch of condensed matter physics that specializes in the study of solids, especially in the electric and magnetic properties of solid crystalline materials, such as semiconductors.
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Noun1.solid-state physics - the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals; superconductivity; photoconductivity
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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solid-state physics [ˌsɒlɪdsteɪtˈfɪzɪks] NSINGfísica f del estado sólido
solid-state physics


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If you tell a solid-state physicist, 'reduce your spin-spin interaction by a factor of two because I want to see the physics,' he can't do it," Schatz says.
A solid-state physicist by training, his research experience at Westinghouse and as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University was primarily in semiconductors, magnetism and low temperature physics.
The meeting focused on the work of Panayiotis Varotsos, a solid-state physicist at the University of Athens and a lightning rod in the field of earthquake research.
 
 
 
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