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ex⋅ci⋅ton

  [ik-sahy-ton, ek-si-ton]
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–noun Physics.
a localized, mobile excited state of a crystal, consisting of an electron and a hole bound together.
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1935–40; excit(ed) or excit(ation) + -on 1
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ex·ci·ton   (ěk'sĭ-tŏn', -sī-)   
n.  An electrically neutral excited state of an insulator or semiconductor, often regarded as a bound state of an electron and a hole.

[excit(ation) + -on1.]
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exciton

the combination of an electron and a positive hole (an empty electron state in a valence band), which is free to move through a nonmetallic crystal as a unit

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