phonon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) +‎ -on. Modelled after photon.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.nɑn/, /ˈfoʊ.nɔn/
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Noun

phonon (plural phonons)

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

Coordinate terms

Translations

quantum of acoustic energy

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

See also

quasiparticle

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