Definitions For Phonon

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

lexon photon plasmon semon

Translations

Armenian: ֆոնոն Chinese: : Mandarin: 聲子, sc=Hani, 声子, tr=shēngzǐ, sc=Hani French: phonon, m Hindi: ध्वन्यणु, sc=Deva Icelandic: hljóðeind, f Italian: fonone, 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, sc=Khmr) Korean: 음향양자, sc=Kore (音響量子, sc=Hani) Polish: fonon, m Portuguese: fônon, m Russian: фоно́н, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: фо̀но̄н, m, sc=Cyrl : Roman: fònōn, m Swedish: fonon, c

See also

quasiparticle

Etymology

{{confix + en + phono + on}}. from (ancient greek)  φωνή + + sound + -on. modelled after photon.