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],
"word": "гравито́н"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "gurutvāṇu",
"sense": "a hypothetical gauge boson",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गुरुत्वाणु"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a hypothetical gauge boson",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gravitón"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a hypothetical gauge boson",
"word": "graviton"
}
],
"word": "graviton"
}
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