graviton

See also: Graviton, gravitón, and gráviton

English

Etymology

From gravity +‎ -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/
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Noun

graviton (plural gravitons)

  1. (physics) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

Translations

Dutch

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Noun

graviton n (plural gravitonen, diminutive gravitonnetje n)

  1. (physics) graviton (hypothetical force-carrying particle)

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡraˈviton/

Noun

graviton

  1. accusative singular of gravito

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁa.vi.tɔ̃/
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Noun

graviton m (plural gravitons)

  1. (physics) graviton

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English graviton.

Noun

graviton m (plural gravitoni)

  1. graviton

Declension
Declension of graviton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) graviton gravitonul (niște) gravitoni gravitonii
genitive/dative (unui) graviton gravitonului (unor) gravitoni gravitonilor
vocative gravitonule gravitonilor
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