A photon is its own antiparticle.
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Photon
//ˈfəʊtɒn//
Synonyms for "photon" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
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13 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 62 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فُوتُون noun (quantum of light)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆոտոն noun (quantum of light)
Asturian
1 entries- fotón noun (quantum of light)
Basque
1 entries- fotoi noun (quantum of light)
Belarusian
1 entries- фато́н noun (quantum of light)
Bengali
1 entries- ফোটন noun (quantum of light)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- fóton noun (quantum of light)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фото́н noun (quantum of light)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖိုတွန် noun (quantum of light)
Catalan
1 entries- fotó noun (quantum of light)
Chinese
1 entries- 光子 noun (quantum of light)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光子 noun (quantum of light)
Czech
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Danish
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Dutch
2 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
- lichtdeeltje noun (quantum of light)
Esperanto
1 entries- fotono noun (quantum of light)
Estonian
2 entries- footon noun (quantum of light)
- valguseosake noun (quantum of light)
European Portuguese
1 entries- fotão noun (quantum of light)
Finnish
3 entries- fotoni noun (quantum of light)
- valohiukkanen noun (quantum of light)
- valokvantti noun (quantum of light)
French
1 entries- photon noun (quantum of light)
Galician
1 entries- fotón noun (quantum of light)
Georgian
1 entries- ფოტონი noun (quantum of light)
German
2 entries- Lichtteilchen noun (quantum of light)
- Photon noun (quantum of light)
Greek
1 entries- φωτόνιο noun (quantum of light)
Gujarati
1 entries- પ્રકાશાણુ noun (quantum of light)
Hebrew
1 entries- פוטון noun (quantum of light)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रकाशाणु noun (quantum of light)
- फ़ोटोन noun (quantum of light)
Hungarian
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Icelandic
3 entries- fótóna noun (quantum of light)
- ljóseind noun (quantum of light)
- ljósögn noun (quantum of light)
Ido
1 entries- fotono noun (quantum of light)
Italian
1 entries- fotone noun (quantum of light)
Japanese
1 entries- 光子 noun (quantum of light)
Khmer
1 entries- អាភាណូ noun (quantum of light)
Korean
1 entries- 광자 noun (quantum of light)
Low German
1 entries- Lichtdeelken noun (quantum of light)
Macedonian
1 entries- фотон noun (quantum of light)
Malagasy
1 entries- voan-kazavana noun (quantum of light)
Malay
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Marathi
1 entries- प्रकाशाणू noun (quantum of light)
Mongolian
1 entries- фотон ᠹᠣᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ noun (quantum of light)
Māori
1 entries- pūaho noun (quantum of light)
Nepali
1 entries- प्रकाशाणु noun (quantum of light)
Norwegian
2 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
- lyskvant noun (quantum of light)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
- lyskvant noun (quantum of light)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
- lyskvant noun (quantum of light)
Persian
1 entries- فوتون noun (quantum of light)
Polish
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Romanian
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Russian
1 entries- фото́н noun (quantum of light)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रकाशाणु noun (quantum of light)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fòtōn noun (quantum of light)
- фо̀то̄н noun (quantum of light)
Spanish
1 entries- fotón noun (quantum of light)
Swahili
1 entries- fotoni noun (quantum of light)
Swedish
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Tagalog
1 entries- sugapik noun (quantum of light)
Tamil
1 entries- ஒளியன் noun (quantum of light)
Thai
1 entries- โฟตอน noun (quantum of light)
Turkish
1 entries- foton noun (quantum of light)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фото́н noun (quantum of light)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quang tử noun (quantum of light)
Võro
1 entries- foodon noun (quantum of light)
Welsh
1 entries- ffoton noun (quantum of light)
Sample sentences
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The physics of the laser may be complex. Still, it is just a story of how electrons interact with light. When a light particle, or photon, hits an electron, the electron jumps to a higher energy state. If another photon strikes one of these high-energy electrons, the electron releases two photons that travel together at the same wavelength. When this process is repeated enough, lots of organized, or coherent, photons are produced.
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The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
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