"dilaton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dilatons [plural]
Etymology: dilate + -on Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dilate|on}} dilate + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} dilaton (plural dilatons)
  1. (physics) A theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon). Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-dilaton-en-noun-voGYhPfe Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (physics) A particle, associated with gravity, in string theory. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (particle): 脹子 (Chinese Mandarin), 胀子 (zhàngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), dilatoni (Finnish), dilatone [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-dilaton-en-noun-J8hoMwNw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -on Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on: 29 71 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'particle': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: axiodilaton, dilatino, dilatonic, technidilaton

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dilaton meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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