Definition of Phonon

1. Noun. (physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave. ¹

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Definition of Phonon

1. a quantum of vibrational energy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonon

phonologically
phonologies
phonologist
phonologists
phonologization
phonologize
phonology
phonomania
phonometer
phonometers
phonometric
phonomotor
phonomotors
phonomyoclonus
phonomyography
phonon (current term)
phononic
phononics
phononless
phonons
phonopathy
phonophobia
phonophobias
phonophore
phonophoresis
phonophotography
phonopsia
phonoreception
phonoreceptor
phonorecord

Literary usage of Phonon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Basic Studies in the Field of High-Temperature Engineering: Third by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Nihon Genshiryoku Kenkyūjo, Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Strengthened phonon-phonon scattering with increasing temperature can lead to the decrease in the phonon mean free path and further affect the thermal ..."

2. Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction edited by Keith Burnett, Mark Edwards, Charles W. Clark (1996)
"We may therefore view the variational principle as a way to obtain an approximate ground-state wave function, and build the phonon states upon this ground ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... of a phonon wave. This alignment of spins occurs below a certain critical temperature (Curie-Néel temperature) and is destroyed above this temperature. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Seminar on Thermal Performance of High Burn-Up Lwr Fuel by Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"In this region. the above classical form of the phonon term no longer seems valid. Based on literature and our own measurements, it is shown below that a ..."

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