Domain Wall

A domain wall is a type of topological soliton that occurs whenever a discrete symmetry is spontaneously broken. It can take on different meanings depending on the context:

  • Domain wall (magnetism), an interface separating magnetic domains
  • Domain wall (optics), for domain walls in optics
  • Domain wall (string theory), a theoretical 2-dimensional singularity

Famous quotes containing the words domain and/or wall:

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    —Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)

    “Most of the time she had the personality of the back wall of a handball court.”
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