graviton en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Italic *gʷraus Latin gravis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin gravitāslbor. French gravitébor. ▲ Latin gravitāslbor. English gravity Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion blend English electronbf. ▲ Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on English graviton 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.
Meanings
- (particle) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gravitons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
supergraviton · gravitino · antigraviton · multigraviton · gravitonic
Translations (37)
ja 重力子 (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ro graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ca gravitó (a hypothetical gauge boson) · fi gravitoni (a hypothetical gauge boson) · sv graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · cmn 重力子 (a hypothetical gauge boson) · tr graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · bg гравито́н (a hypothetical gauge boson) · hu graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · nn graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · fr graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · fa گراویتون (a hypothetical gauge boson) · sa गुरुत्वाणु (a hypothetical gauge boson) · nl graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · eu grabitoi (a hypothetical gauge boson) · nb graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ko 중력자 (a hypothetical gauge boson) · pt gráviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ne गुरुत्वाणु (a hypothetical gauge boson) · eo gravitono (a hypothetical gauge boson) · za yinjlizswj (a hypothetical gauge boson) · cs graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · hy գրավիտոն (a hypothetical gauge boson) · km ភូរិពលាណូ (a hypothetical gauge boson) · cmn 引力子 (a hypothetical gauge boson) · is þyngdareind (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ru гравито́н (a hypothetical gauge boson) · pl grawiton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · es gravitón (a hypothetical gauge boson) · it gravitone (a hypothetical gauge boson) · ga graibheatón (a hypothetical gauge boson) · de Graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson) · pt gravitão (a hypothetical gauge boson) · gu ગુરુત્વાણુ (a hypothetical gauge boson) · hi गुरुत्वाणु (a hypothetical gauge boson) · mr गुरुत्वाणू (a hypothetical gauge boson) · da graviton (a hypothetical gauge boson)
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