Fermi surface

noun

An abstract boundary, of constant energy, useful for predicting the thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of metals, semimetals, and doped semiconductors.

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Meanings

nounFermi surface (plural Fermi surfaces)

plural Fermi surfaces

  1. natural sciencesAn abstract boundary, of constant energy, useful for predicting the thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of metals, semimetals, and doped semiconductors.

Origin

For Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist.

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