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superphoton

superphoton noun: a photonic Bose-Einstein condensate, comprised of thousands of photons sufficiently concentrated and cooled in an optical well.

Noun

superphoton (plural superphotons)

  1. (figuratively, rare) A photonic Bose-Einstein condensate, comprised of thousands of photons sufficiently concentrated and cooled in an optical well.
    • However, according to the principles of the General Relativity Theory, Sanger’s superphoton man cannot materially exist by lives in a world which has no relation to ours.1966, Arthur Charles Clarke, Congressional Record 1966-08-01: Volume 112, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 4060
    • Similar difficulties arise if instead of three “photons” we imagine a single “superphoton” that responds to the numerical sum of all the colour charges.1987, Frank Wilczek, Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics, Norton, →ISBN, page 201

Forms of superphoton

pluralsuperphotons
alternative formsuper-photon

Origin of superphoton

From super- + photon.

Questions about superphoton

What does superphoton mean?
Superphoton means a photonic Bose-Einstein condensate, comprised of thousands of photons sufficiently concentrated and cooled in an optical well.
What part of speech is superphoton?
Superphoton is a noun.
What is the plural of superphoton?
The plural of superphoton is superphotons.

Words near superphoton in the dictionary

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  8. superphylum
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