half-integer

• a word derived from half-integral.
  half-integral

  adjective

  noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.

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half-integer

Fermions have a half-integer spin: 1/2, 3/2, and so on.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2019

Remarkably, the behaviour of collections of quantum particles, whether in superfluids or neutron stars, is determined by whether they are made up of bosons or fermions, particles with half-integer spin.

From Nature ● Oct. 18, 2016

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