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单词 graviton
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Definition of graviton in English:

graviton

noun ˈɡravɪtɒnˈɡrævəˌtɑn
Physics
  • A hypothetical quantum of gravitational energy, regarded as a particle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These waves are literally gravitons - the hypothetical particles that carry the gravitational force - that have been stretched to macroscopic lengths by the cosmic expansion.
    • They claim some of these waves are gravitons, the quantum mechanical particles that mediate gravity.
    • Both represent the quantized field of a fundamental force: photons the electromagnetic field and gravitons the gravitational field.
    • By comparing the fundamental properties of these bosons, it is clear that photons and gravitons are different, although they do share some of the same properties.
    • But the black hole will eventually evaporate, leaving only photons, gravitons and other elementary particles as products of the decay.

Origin

1940s: from gravitation + -on.

 
 

Definition of graviton in US English:

graviton

nounˈɡrævəˌtɑnˈɡravəˌtän
Physics
  • A hypothetical quantum of gravitational energy, regarded as a particle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These waves are literally gravitons - the hypothetical particles that carry the gravitational force - that have been stretched to macroscopic lengths by the cosmic expansion.
    • But the black hole will eventually evaporate, leaving only photons, gravitons and other elementary particles as products of the decay.
    • Both represent the quantized field of a fundamental force: photons the electromagnetic field and gravitons the gravitational field.
    • By comparing the fundamental properties of these bosons, it is clear that photons and gravitons are different, although they do share some of the same properties.
    • They claim some of these waves are gravitons, the quantum mechanical particles that mediate gravity.

Origin

1940s: from gravitation + -on.

 
 
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