Photon Definition

fōtŏn
photons
noun
A subatomic particle, having energy and momentum but no mass or electric charge, that is the quantum unit of electromagnetic radiation, including light.
Webster's New World
A unit of retinal illumination equal to the illumination from a surface having a brightness of one candle per sq meter seen through a pupil area of one sq millimeter.
Webster's New World

(physics) 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.

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Singular:
photon
Plural:
photons

Origin of Photon

Photon Sentence Examples

  • If you have the Photon MG, use it because it stops Mantis for a bit.

  • What causes an excited atom or molecule to emit a photon?

  • What begins as a single gamma ray photon in the sun's core emerges at the surface as thousands of visible-light photons.

  • Photon torpedoes - what have explosive coffins got to do with photon torpedoes - what have explosive coffins got to do with photons?

  • Consider a photon emitted by a galaxy a billion years ago, now caught on a photographic plate on Earth.

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