singlet taktâyé Fr.: singulet A single unit; an unpaired or separate item. → doublet; → octet; → quadruplet. From → single + -et diminutive suffix, M.E. from O.F. -et (masc.), -ette (fem.). Taktâyé, literally "single-folded," from tak, → single, + -tâyé, from tâ- "fold, plait, ply; piece, part;" Mid.Pers. tâg "piece, part" + -yé nuance suffix. |
singlet state hâlat-e taktâyé Fr.: état singulet In atomic physics, the electronic state of an atom or molecule for which the total → spin angular momentum is zero. |