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光子 (こうし, koushi) Japanese meaning: photon | Kotomora

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Meanings

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Physics term for a quantum of light.

光こう子しは光ひかりの粒りゅう子しとして振ふる舞まう。

Kanji

光ray, light
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Word family

偏へん光こう子し
polarizer; polarizing prism
検けん光こう子し
analyzer (light)

Photons behave as particles of light.

光こう子し魚ぎょ雷らい

photon torpedo

多た光こう子し励れい起き

multiphoton excitation

走そう査さ型がた多た光こう子しレーザ顕けん微び鏡きょう

multiphoton laser scanning microscope

Etymology

From 光 (light) + 子 (small thing, particle), a calque of English 'photon'.