"proto-photon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: proto-photons [plural]
Etymology: proto- + photon Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|proto|photon}} proto- + photon Head templates: {{en-noun}} proto-photon (plural proto-photons)
  1. (physics, rare) A theoretical but not yet detected particle proposed to explain, among other things, the mechanisms of gravity; a gauge boson. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Physics, Subatomic particles

Inflected forms

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