spinor

American  

[spin-er] / ˈspɪn ər /

noun

Mathematics, Physics.

1. a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.

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Etymology

Origin of spinor

1930–35; equivalent to spin + -or ², as in vector, tensor

Example Sentences

“You have to disentangle the ‘spinee’ from the ‘spinor,’ and there are documents to be filed” that are similar to those for an initial public offering.

From New York Times

Morey, for instance, would never have developed the autointegral calculus, to say nothing of tensor and spinor calculus, which were developed two hundred years ago, without the knowledge of the problems of space to develop the need.

From Project Gutenberg