graviton
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
gravitonfrom English graviton, attested in 1942 and, further back, from Russian гравитон graviton which first appeared in a Russian scientific article in 1934. It is constructed on the basis of the scientific Latin gravitatio ('gravitation'; in Russian гравитация, gravitatsyia) with the scientific suffix -on.
Definition
- physique
Plural
gravitons
Hyperonym
Translations
german:Graviton
english:graviton
chinese:引力子
korean:중력자
danish:graviton
spanish:gravitón
finnish:gravitoni
greek:βαρυτόνιο
hebrew:גרביטון
italian:gravitone
japanese:重力子
dutch:graviton
polish:grawiton
portuguese:gravitão
russian:гравитон
swedish:graviton
turkish:graviton
See also
gravitonique (adj.)