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phonon

phonon

English

Noun

phonon ‎(plural phonons)

(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.

Related terms

See also

quasiparticle

Translations

phonon

Armenian: ֆոնոն ‎(fonon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲子 (zh), 声子 (zh) ‎(shēngzǐ)
French: phonon (fr) m
Hindi: ध्वन्यणु ‎(dhvanyaṇu)
Icelandic: hljóðeind f
Italian: fonone (it) m
Japanese: フォノン ‎(fonon), 音子 ‎(おんし, onshi), 音響量子 ‎(おんきょうりょうし, onkyō ryōshi)

Khmer: សព្ទាណូ ‎(sab tea no)
Korean: 음향양자 ‎(eumhyang-yangja) (音響量子)
Polish: fonon m
Portuguese: fônon m
Russian: фоно́н (ru) m ‎(fonón)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: фо̀но̄н m

Roman: fònōn (sh) m
Swedish: fonon (sv) c