backfolding

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noun

A folding backwards.

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Meanings

nounbackfolding (plural backfoldings)

plural backfoldings

  1. A folding backwards.

    While the former leads to a weak backfolding of surface bands only, the latter can modify the surface-state dispersion and lead to a Lifshitz transition.

    2015, Pier Paolo Baruselli, Matthias Vojta, “Surface reconstruction in a tight-binding model for the topological Kondo insulator SmB6”, in arXiv
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APA

backfolding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backfolding

MLA

“backfolding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backfolding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backfolding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backfolding.

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