Usually means: Particle of light, quantum energy.
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  1. photon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  4. photon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. photon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  10. photon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. photon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  15. Photon (Image Comics), Photon (TV series), Photon (album), Photon (anime), Photon (comics), Photon (disambiguation), Photon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  18. photon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  1. photon: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. photon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PHOTON: Acronym Finder
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Science (11 matching dictionaries)
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  1. Photon: Urban Dictionary

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. photon: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
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  3. photon: Electronics
  4. photon: Glossary of Related Solar Power Terms
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (physics) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

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