graviton
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
graviton (plural gravitons)
- (physics) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
Translations edit
a hypothetical gauge boson
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Noun edit
graviton n (plural gravitonen, diminutive gravitonnetje n)
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
graviton
- accusative singular of gravito
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
graviton m (plural gravitons)
Further reading edit
- “graviton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English graviton.
Noun edit
graviton m (plural gravitoni)
Declension edit
Declension of graviton
singular | plural | |||
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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 |