A soliton is a type of self-reinforcing solitary wave.

Soliton may also refer to:

  • Soliton (optics), an optical field that does not change during propagation because of a balance between nonlinear and linear effects
  • Soliton (topology), a solution of a system of partial differential equations or of a quantum field theory homotopically distinct from the vacuum solution
  • Soliton distribution, a type of discrete probability distribution that arises in the theory of erasure correcting codes
  • Soliton Incorporated, company
  • Soliton model, neurological model

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