Meanings
noundomain wall (plural domain walls)
plural domain walls
- natural sciencesAn interface separating magnetic domains.
A domain wall corresponds to the rotation of the magnetization vector from one magnetic domain to another.
1998, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Javier Tejada, Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetic Moment, →ISBN, page 67 - astrophysicsA two-dimensional singularity hypothesized in string theory.
The simplest soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the next simplest is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).
2006, M. Eto et al., “Solitons in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories”, in Particles, Strings and Cosmology, →ISBN, page 266
Translations
Korean 구역벽
- 구역벽 (guyeokbyeok)interface separating magnetic domains
Polish ścianka domenowa
- ścianka domenowainterface separating magnetic domains
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