Definition of spinor
: a vector whose components are complex numbers in a two-dimensional or four-dimensional space and which is used especially in the mathematics of the theory of relativity
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Origin and Etymology of spinor
International Scientific Vocabulary spin + -or (as in vector)
First Known Use: 1931
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