different between graviton vs multigraviton

English

Etymology

From gravity +? -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???av?t?n/

Noun

graviton (plural gravitons)

1. (physics) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

graviton n (plural gravitonen, diminutive gravitonnetje n)

1. (physics) graviton (hypothetical force-carrying particle)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?viton/

Noun

graviton

1. accusative singular of gravito

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.vi.t??/

Noun

graviton m (plural gravitons)

1. (physics) graviton

Further reading

• “graviton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• multi-graviton

Etymology

multi- +? graviton

Adjective

multigraviton (not comparable)

1. Involving multiple gravitons