different between canyon vs anyon

English

Alternative forms

• cañon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n?-y?n, IPA^(key): /?kænj?n/
• Rhymes: -ænj?n
• Hyphenation: can?yon

Noun

canyon (plural canyons)

1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
   • Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

Synonyms

• gorge, dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley
• See also Thesaurus:valley

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• ancony

French

Alternative forms

• cañon

Etymology

From Spanish cañón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.??n/

Noun

canyon m (plural canyons)

1. canyon

English

Etymology

From any +? -on, since they can have any phase when particles are interchanged. Coined by Frank Wilczek in 1982 in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Noun

anyon (plural anyons)

1. (physics) Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
   • 1995 Erik B Karlsson - Solid State Phenomena: As Seen by Muons, Protons, and Excited Nuclei

     The anyon concept has been used to describe phenomena in connection with the fractional quantum Hall effect (FOHE).

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with anion.

Anagrams

• Yonan, annoy, noyan, yanno

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anion.

Noun

anyon (definite accusative anyonu, plural anyonlar)

1. (chemistry) anion

Synonyms

• eksin