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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINOR

spinor  [ˈspɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINOR

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determiner
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Spinor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPINOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spinor

In mathematics and physics, in particular in the theory of the orthogonal groups, a spinor /ˈspɪnər/ is an element of a complex vector space, an irreducible representation space of the Clifford algebra associated to a vector space with a quadratic form. Like vectors, spinors are representations of the special orthogonal Lie algebra i.e. they transform under infinitesimal orthogonal transformations. Spinors in general were discovered by Élie Cartan in 1913. Soon after, spinors turned out to be essential in quantum physics to describe the electron and other spin-½ particles. Like vectors and tensors, the transformation properties of spinors are built in their definition. However, unlike spatial vectors, spinors only transform "up to a sign" under the full orthogonal group. This means that a 360 degree rotation transforms a spinor into its negative, and so it takes a rotation of 720 degrees to re-obtain the original spinor. Moreover, unlike tensors, the space of spinors cannot be built up in a unique and natural way from spatial vectors. Depending on the quadratic form, several different but closely related spaces of spinors with extra properties may exist.

Definition of spinor in the English dictionary

The definition of spinor in the dictionary is a type of mathematical object.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINOR


ana
ˈeɪnə
Carolina
ˌkærəˈlaɪnə
china
ˈtʃaɪnə
container
kənˈteɪnə
Dana
ˈdeɪnə
designer
dɪˈzaɪnə
dinner
ˈdɪnə
Freightliner
ˈfreɪtˌlaɪnə
inner
ˈɪnə
Kitchener
ˈkɪtʃɪnə
mina
ˈmaɪnə
minor
ˈmaɪnə
pinna
ˈpɪnə
pinner
ˈpɪnə
Proserpina
prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə
rana
ˈreɪnə
Regina
rɪˈdʒaɪnə
spinner
ˈspɪnə
trainer
ˈtreɪnə
winner
ˈwɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINOR

spinneret
spinnerule
spinnery
spinney
spinning
spinning jenny
spinning mule
spinning top
spinning wheel
spinode
spinose
spinosely
spinosity
spinous
spinous process
spinout
Spinoza
Spinozism
Spinozist
spinster

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINOR

Asia Minor
Canis Minor
distrainor
Friar Minor
Friars Minor
Kohinor
Leo Minor
mainor
melodic minor
pectoralis minor
relative minor
signed minor
Syrtis Minor
Ursa Minor

Synonyms and antonyms of spinor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spinor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINOR

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Translator English - Chinese

旋量
1,325 millions of speakers

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spinor
570 millions of speakers

English

spinor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spinor
380 millions of speakers
ar

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spinor
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спинорная
278 millions of speakers

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spinor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spinor
260 millions of speakers

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spineur
220 millions of speakers

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Spinor
190 millions of speakers

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Spinor
180 millions of speakers

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スピノル
130 millions of speakers

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spinor
85 millions of speakers

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Spinor
85 millions of speakers
vi

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spinor
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spinor
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पिनॉर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spinör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spinore
65 millions of speakers

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Spinor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спінорного
40 millions of speakers

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Spinor
30 millions of speakers
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spinor
15 millions of speakers
af

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spinor
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Spinor
10 millions of speakers
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Spinor
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINOR»

Discover the use of spinor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spinor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 1, Two-Spinor Calculus and ...
This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors.
Roger Penrose, 1987
2
Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods ...
This volume also includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general-relativistic mass and angular momentum, a detailed spinorial classification of the full space-time curvature tensor ...
Roger Penrose, Wolfgang Rindler, 1988
3
Clifford Algebras and Spinor Structures: A Special Volume ...
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Albert Crumeyrolle, who died on June 17, 1992.
Albert Crumeyrolle, Rafal Ablamowicz, P. Lounesto, 1995
4
General Relativity and Matter: A Spinor Field Theory from ...
General Relativity and Matter represents a bold attempt by its author to formulate, in as transparent and complete a way as possible, a fundamental theory of matter rooted in the theory of relativity - where the latter is viewed as ...
M. Sachs, 1982
5
Spinor Construction of Vertex Operator Algebras, Triality, ...
Many examples of vertex operator algebras and their generalizations are related to constructions in classical representation theory and shed new light on the classical theory. This book accomplishes several goals.
Alex J. Feingold, Igor Frenkel, John F. X. Ries
6
Clifford algebra and spinor-valued functions: a function ...
This volume describes the substantial developments in Clifford analysis which have taken place during the last decade and, in particular, the role of the spin group in the study of null solutions of real and complexified Dirac and Laplace ...
Richard Delanghe, F. Sommen, V. Souček, 1992
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Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory
is the metric spinor in a vector space of two dimensions. Thus we have, for example, II“, = girl/1m! I/'Au = glvgufi'lbvpl so that l/Ilg = ~¢11 = -¢21, 5611 = (#12 = $22, and so on. The quantities g“ themselves form an antisymmetric unit spinor of ...
L D Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, 1981
8
Fundamentals of the Pure Spinor Formalism
In this chapter two new string theory formalisms have been introduced. Although it is not been proved rigorously, there is a lot of evidence that the minimal pure spinor formalism, the non-minimal pure spinor formalism and the RNS formalism  ...
Joost Hoogeveen, 2010
9
An Introduction to Noncommutative Geometry
This formula [12] relates the square of the Dirac operator on the spinor module to the spinor Laplacian; the difference between the two is one quarter of the scalar curvature s of the underlying spin manifold: JJ) = A5 + ^s. For the sphere S2 with  ...
Joseph C. Várilly, 2006
10
Spinors in Physics
verify that the set of spinors is stable under these two operations, that is to say that the sum of two spinors gives another spinor, and that the product of a spinor with a complex number also gives a spinor. If we take as the definition of spinors  ...
Jean Hladik, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINOR»

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Bose-Einstein condensate could be used to observe quantum mass …
Such a 'spinor' BEC could be created using rubidium atoms. "Our work demonstrates that fundamental physical phenomena that can usually only be tested ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
2
唱反調的一對光
這種現象和光子是玻色子並不衝突,因為光能量的相對應變化和粒子的自旋態(spin type)並非同等的物理量,所以館主私以為「自旋子」(spinor)一詞有點耍噱頭的意味。 «Pansci, Jan 15»
3
Companies Seeing the Advantages in Spinoffs
“You have to disentangle the 'spinee' from the 'spinor,' and there are documents to be filed” that are similar to those for an initial public offering. “You have to ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
4
BICEP2 Data, CMB B-modes, Inflation, Alternative Cosmologies... (II)
To a SU(2) spinor ξ describing cosmic space-time coordinates (two complex variables), it is possible to associate a positive SU(2) scalar |ξ|2 = ξ†ξ (the dagger ... «Science 2.0, Jul 14»
5
Experimentally testing nonlocality in many-body systems
... and the so-called atomic ensembles, ultracold atoms (Bose condensates or spinor Bose condensates) as well as systems of atoms trapped in nanostructures, ... «EurekAlert, Jun 14»
6
Ghostbusters Science: Gamma-Ray Lasers Could Be Made From …
... gamma-ray laser from positronium might indeed be possible, according to their study, entitled "Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates of positronium", published in ... «International Business Times UK, May 14»
7
Observation of Dirac monopoles in a synthetic magnetic field
Here we demonstrate the controlled creation of Dirac monopoles in the synthetic magnetic field produced by a spinor Bose–Einstein condensate. Monopoles are ... «Nature.com, Jan 14»
8
Scientists predict coreless vortex in ultracold atoms
Meron states have been predicted to exist in spinor condensates but only for atoms in an excited state, not (as here) for atoms in a ground state. This state is also ... «Phys.Org, Dec 13»
9
A Privileged Space Direction? Spinorial Space-time, WMAP, Planck (I)
... spinorial space-time, see also my previous articles in this blog. The cosmic time t (age of the Universe) is just the modulus of the space-time position spinor ξ . «Science 2.0, Aug 13»
10
Dark matter and dark energy, or Pre-Big Bang geometry?
As explained in [5,19], for a SU(2) spinor ξ describing space-time coordinates, and taking the positive SU(2) scalar |ξ|2 = ξ† ξ where the dagger stands for ... «Science 2.0, Apr 13»

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