Definitions for Photon

Photon pho·ton

Spelling: [foh-ton]
IPA: /ˈfoʊ tɒn/

Photon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in Photon (hnoopt).

Definitions for Photon

noun

  1. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.

Origin of Photon

First recorded in 1900-05; phot- + -on1

Examples for Photon

The medicine worked because the photon–the quantum bundle of light and the carrier of the electromagnetic force–has no mass.

There were hundreds of scintillations, each caused by a nuclear particle or photon striking the screen.

"Well, you know what happens when a photon comes in contact with the atomic structure of matter," Kato said.

Or, the photon may be retained for a while and emitted again relatively unchanged—the effect observed in luminous paint.

Or there may be an inelastic collision, when the photon hits an atom and knocks out an electron—the old photoelectric effect.

Among his pastimes was designing a solar-power car, the photon Torpedo.

When the gamma rays enter the sleeve, they interact with that photon gas, annihilating into electron-positron pairs.

Word Value for Photon
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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