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In what way is the word photon used to characterize light?

Photon is used to describe the smallest discrete unit of light energy. It is a particle that carries electromagnetic radiation and exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties. In physics, light is often quantized in terms of photons to explain its behavior at the microscopic level.


Is the word light an adverb?

No, the word "light" can be used as an adjective or a noun. "lightly" can be used as an adverb.


How can an atom of size 1angstrom can absorb a photon of 5000 wavelength?

I presume you asking, "How can an atom of size about 1 angstrom absorb a photon whose wavelength is 5000 angstroms? Wouldn't the photon be too large for that atom?" The paradox is resolved in this way: the instant you start to discuss electro-magnetic radiation as a photon instead of a transverse electro-magnetic wave, then you negate the wave-length aspect of the light. Instead, you view light as a collection of photons -- particles whose "size" (if that word has meaning) is point-like -- with a specific energy instead of specific wavelength. A photon is NOT a snake-like wave, vibrating like a rubber band, with a length at least that of its wave-length, as it moves through a medium. A photon is a point particle with a specific energy. You can describe light as a EM wave with a wave-length OR as a collection of point particles. You can NOT do both at the same time. Light exhibits the characteristics of one OR the other, but NEVER both.


What is Speed of photon?

Photons, our word for the properties of light that make it seem particle-like, are massless and travel about 186,000 miles per hour in a vacuum.


What is photon in laser?

Quick answer.A photon is the fundamental particle of light energy.Simple explanations in physics are seldom completely correct and can give people the wrong idea about things that can only be explained by mathematics. Especially so when talking about the most fundamental matters.Light can be a particle (photon) or a wave (frequency) depending on what you are talking about. A bit like a man can be a husband and a father. Different things, I am sure you will agree.The word 'laser' is an acronym. Each letter stands for another word.A L.A.S.E.R. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is a machine that 'concentrates' and produces light that is 'in step'. All the photons are of the exactly same colour (frequency) and have the same energy values.

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In what way is the word photon used to characterize light?

Photon is used to describe the smallest discrete unit of light energy. It is a particle that carries electromagnetic radiation and exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties. In physics, light is often quantized in terms of photons to explain its behavior at the microscopic level.


A quantum of light The answer is a 6-letter word?

Photon


Is photon a personal pronoun?

No, the word 'photon' is a noun, a word for a elementary particle of light and other electromagnetic radiation; a word for a thing.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'photon' is it.


What is the word Planck used for packet of energy?

photon


What part of speech is characterize?

The word "characterize" is a verb. It is used to describe the distinctive features or qualities of something or someone.


Who called packet of energies as photon?

Albert Einstein coined the term "photon" in 1926 to describe a discrete packet of light energy. This concept helped explain the photoelectric effect and laid the foundation for the quantum theory of light.


What word do you get when you unscramble the word toophn?

photon


How do you use characterize in a sentence?

Example sentences using the word characterize:You can characterize the girl by her behavior.Neither country wanted to characterize the territorial dispute as a war.


What isthe name for something that can catch light?

if somethin can cach on fire then it is flamable jay from sjv


What word can you get by unscrambling toopnh?

"PHOTON"


Which word does not characterize Rococo style?

Moralizing


What is one word to characterize Dr. Jekyll?

Bi-Polar.