photon

Meaning of photon

noun

The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

Information about photon

It is a name.
The plural form of photon is: photons.
Languages in which photon is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of photon

pho-ton

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
photon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of photon

French: photon
Spanish: fotón
German: Photon
Italian: fotone

Words that rhyme with photon

melicoton, melocoton, Solfoton, disulfoton, Hugoton, Photon, multiphoton, kiloton, peloton, moton, Hooton, Wooton, adespoton, tripoton, Croton, Groton, Hygroton, Proton, Regroton, antiproton, croton, higroton, hygroton, photoproton, proton, regroton, pulsoton, polyptoton

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