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Vicinity vs Polaron - What's the difference?

vicinity | polaron |

As nouns the difference between vicinity and polaron

is that vicinity is proximity, or the state of being near while polaron is (physics) the object that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.

vicinity

English

Noun

(wikipedia vicinity) (vicinities)
  • Proximity, or the state of being near.
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  • Neighbourhood, or the nearby region.
  • Approximate size or amount.

    • polaron

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polaron) (en noun)
  • (physics) the object that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity

    • Derived terms

    * polaronic