"photon" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈfoʊ.ˌtɑːn\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-photon.wav Forms: photons [plural]
  1. Photon. Tags: physical
    Sense id: fr-photon-en-noun-TRDKxeUO Categories (other): Particules subatomiques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: photonic

Inflected forms

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