PHOTON (QUANTUM; QUANTA)

Meaning of PHOTON (QUANTUM; QUANTA) in English

(h ) A discrete packet of energy associated with electromagnetic radiation. Each photon carries energy E proportional to the frequency of the radiation: E = h , where h is Planck's constant .

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QUANTUM — I In physics, a discrete natural unit, or packet, of energy, charge, angular momentum, or other physical property. Light, for …
Английский словарь Британика
QUANTUM — in physics, discrete natural unit, or packet, of energy, charge, angular momentum, or other physical property. Light, for example, appearing …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUANTUM — n. In physics, a discrete natural unit, or packet, of energy, charge, angular momentum, or other physical property. Light, for …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PHOTON — n [Phys.] photon
Interlingua English vocab
PHOTON — noun Etymology: phot- + 2-on Date: 1916 a unit of intensity of light at the retina equal to the illumination …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOTON — or light quantum Minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation . In 1900 Albert Einstein explained the {{link=photoelectric effect">photoelectric effect , …
Английский словарь Британика
QUANTUM — ˈkwäntəm sometimes ˈkwȯn- noun ( plural quan·ta -tə) Etymology: Latin, neuter of quantus how much — more at quantity 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUANTA — plural of quantum
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOTON — ˈfōˌtän noun ( -s ) Etymology: phot- + -on 1. : a massless elementary particle with one quantum unit of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUANTA — (pl. ) of Quantum
Английский словарь Webster
QUANTA — ( pl. ) of Quantum
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUANTUM — /kwon"teuhm/ , n. , pl. quanta /-teuh/ , adj. n. 1. quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUANTA — /kwon"teuh/ , n. pl. of quantum .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHOTON — /foh"ton/ , n. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHOTON — n. elementary particle of light and electromagnetic energies
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUANTUM — I. ˈkwän-təm noun ( plural quan·ta ˈkwän-tə) Etymology: Latin, neuter of quantus how much Date: 1567 1. a. : quantity …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHOTON — noun Etymology: phot- + -on (II) Date: 1916 1. : a unit of intensity of light at the retina equal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUANTUM — noun quantity; amount. 2. quantum ·noun a definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
Webster English vocab
QUANTA — pl of quantum.
Webster English vocab
QUANTA — plural form of quantum .
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHOTON — [ 'fəʊtɒn ] ■ noun Physics a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation. Derivatives ~ic adjective …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUANTUM — [quan.tum] n, pl quan.ta [L, neut. of quantus how much] (1567) 1 a: quantity, amount b: portion, part c: gross …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHOTON — [pho.ton] n [phot- + [2]-on] (1916) 1: a unit of intensity of light at the retina equal to the illumination …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHOTON — also called Light Quantum, minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation. The concept originated (1905) in Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUANTUM — quant|um BrE AmE ˈkwɒnt |əm AmE \ ˈkwɑːn t̬ |əm ▷ quant|a ə ▶ ˌ quantum ˈ jump BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUANTA — quant|a BrE AmE ˈkwɒnt |ə AmE \ ˈkwɑːn t̬ |ə ▷ quant|al ə l
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PHOTON — photon BrE AmE ˈfəʊt ɒn AmE \ ˈfoʊt ɑːn ▷ photon|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUANTA — pl. of quantum
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTON — / ˈfəʊtɒn; NAmE ˈfoʊtɑːn/ noun ( physics ) a unit of electromagnetic energy •• WORD ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUANTA — quan ‧ ta /ˈkwɒntə $ ˈkwɑːn-/ BrE AmE noun the plural of ↑ quantum
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHOTON — pho ‧ ton /ˈfəʊtɒn $ ˈfoʊtɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] technical [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: photo- + -on 'particle' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUANTUM — n. (pl. quanta) 1 Physics a a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of radiation it …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUANTA — pl. of QUANTUM.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PHOTON — n. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation energy, proportional to the frequency of radiation. [Gk phos photos light, after electron]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUANTUM — n. (pl. quanta) 1 Physics a a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of radiation it …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUANTA — pl. of QUANTUM.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PHOTON — n. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation energy, proportional to the frequency of radiation. [ Gk phos photos light, after electron …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUANTUM — n. (pl. quanta) 1. Physics a a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of radiation it …
Oxford English vocab
QUANTA — pl. of QUANTUM.
Oxford English vocab
PHOTON — n. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation energy, proportional to the frequency of radiation. Etymology: Gk phos photos light, after electron
Oxford English vocab
QUANTUM — 1. In physics, quantum theory and quantum mechanics are concerned with the behaviour of atomic particles. Both quantum mechanics and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTON — ( photons) A photon is a particle of light. ( TECHNICAL ) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTON — (~s) A ~ is a particle of light. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
QUANTUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES quantum computer quantum leap ▪ There has been a quantum leap in the range of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUANTA — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Einstein's paper showed that you could directly observe individual quanta . ▪ He called these …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHOTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE single ▪ Matching one discreteness with another Bohr supposed that the energy loss was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUANTUM — [noun] [C] [plural] quanta [formal] - the smallest amount or unit of esp. energyquantum theoryA quantum leap is a great …
Cambridge English vocab
PHOTON — [noun] [C] [specialized] - a single unit of light
Cambridge English vocab
QUANTUM — n. light quantum quantum chromodynamics quantum computing quantum electrodynamics quantum field theory quantum mechanics
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PHOTON — n. or light quantum Minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation . In 1900 Max Planck found that heat radiation is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PHOTON — Synonyms and related words : ASA scale, British candle, Hefner candle, Kern, NMR, Scheiner scale, X ray, actinic ray, actinism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PHOTON — A discrete packet, i.e., quantum, of electromagnetic energy. Note: The energy of a photon is h , where h is …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
PHOTON — A quantum (or packet) of energy emitted in the form of electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays and x-rays are examples of …
NRC Nuclear Energy English Glossary
QUANTUM — 1. лат.; сущ. 1) а) величина, количество, сумма; объем quantum of output ≈ объем продукции Syn : quantity, amount б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUANTA — pl от quantum
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHOTON — сущ.; физ. фотон (физическое) фотон - * engine (реактивно-техническое) фотонный двигатель photon физ. фотон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUANTA — Сколько
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUANTA — Кванты
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUANTUM — quantum.ogg ʹkwɒntəm n ( pl -ta) лат. 1. количество, сумма quantum of membership - членский взнос 2. доля, часть 3. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUANTA — quanta.ogg ʹkwɒntə pl от quantum
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PHOTON — n физ. фотон photon engine - реакт. фотонный двигатель
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUANTUM — 1) квант || квантовать 2) фотон 3) шаг квантования 4) квантованное значение • - electromagnetic field quantum - energy quantum …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PHOTON — фотон - absorbed photon - effective photon - gamma-ray photon - long-wavelength photon - unused photon - X-ray photon
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
QUANTUM — 1) квант || квантовать 2) фотон 3) шаг квантования 4) квантованное значение • - electromagnetic field quantum - energy quantum - excitation quantum - field quantum - gamma-ray quantum - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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