phonon
[foh-non]
noun Physics.
a quantum of sound or vibratory elastic energy, being the analogue of a photon of electromagnetic energy.
Origin of phonon
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phonon
noun
Word Origin for phonon
C20: from phono- + -on
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phonon
[fō′nŏn′]
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