carry light
Americannoun
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Quantum mechanics operates on incredibly tiny scales, and scientists are constantly developing more precise tools to measure and control phenomena such as photons, the particles that carry light.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
It had been assumed that neutrinos were essentially massless particles, like the photon particles that carry light.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2015
Thanks to the light loads their large wings carry, "light planes," which commercial pilots call flivvers, pop-bottles, and of which an unprecedented 2,500 are being turned out this year, are all but foolproof.
From Time Magazine Archive
To make Newton's physics work, scientists presumed the existence of a substance called ether, which they thought was necessary to carry light waves through space.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thousands upon thousands there are of women that have gone forth from the educational institutions of New England to carry light and knowledge to other parts of our land.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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