photon

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

foton

lichtdeeltje

Synoniemen

light

quantum photon

Mitsuko

Vertalingen

photon

fotone

fotón

Photon

φωτόνιο

fóton

fotó

foton

fotão

Lichtteilchen

Lichtquant

فوتون

photon

ışık enerji birimi

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfəʊtɒn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From photo- + -on. Coined by American physicist Leonard Troland in 1916 as a unit of light hitting the retina, and later popularized in a more modern sense by Gilbert N. Lewis, with the term gaining acceptance in the physics community by the late 1920s.