Feynman diagram

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.

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Feynman diagram British  

/ ˈfaɪnmən /

noun

1. physics a graphical representation of the interactions between elementary particles

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Feynman diagram Scientific  

1. A diagram used to help describe and visualize the possible interactions between particles in quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics. Fermions, such as electrons, are represented with straight lines and bosons, such as photons, with wavy lines. Points of intersection indicate an interaction, such as an electromagnetic interaction, between the particles.

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Etymology

Origin of Feynman diagram

1965–70; named after R. P. Feynman, who devised it