"phonon" meaning in English

See phonon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʊ.nɑn/ [US], /ˈfoʊ.nɔn/ [US] Audio: En-us-phonon.ogg [US] Forms: phonons [plural]
Etymology: phono- + -on. From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -on. Modelled after photon. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|phono|on}} phono- + -on, {{uder|en|grc|φωνή||sound}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), {{suffix|en||-on}} + -on, {{m|en|photon}} photon Head templates: {{en-noun}} phonon (plural phonons)
  1. (physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (quantum of acoustic energy): ֆոնոն (fonon) (Armenian), fônon [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), 聲子 (Chinese Mandarin), 声子 (shēngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), fonão [masculine] (European Portuguese), phonon [masculine] (French), ध्वन्यणु (dhvanyaṇu) (Hindi), hljóðeind [feminine] (Icelandic), fonone [masculine] (Italian), フォノン (fonon) (Japanese), 音子 (onshi) (alt: おんし) (Japanese), 音響量子 (onkyō ryōshi) (alt: おんきょうりょうし) (Japanese), សព្ទាណូ (sab tea no) (Khmer), 음향양자 (eumhyang'yangja) (alt: 音響量子) (Korean), fonon [masculine] (Polish), фоно́н (fonón) [masculine] (Russian), фо̀но̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fònōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fonon [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phonon-en-noun-fcjVu4Yh Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'quantum of acoustic energy': 71 29
  2. (linguistics) A unit of phonemics. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-phonon-en-noun-QjBbjxts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phono-, English terms suffixed with -on, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phono-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on: 36 64 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 43 57 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quasiparticle Coordinate_terms: lexon, photon, plasmon, semon

Inflected forms

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