May 9, 2012 18:33
12 yrs ago
Italian term
quante fotoniche
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Physics
(...) Max Planck a Berlino nel 1900, ha ammesso che la radiazione solare, la forma più visibile di energia, non è una semplice onda che attraversa lo spazio ma è composta dai piccoli frammenti di energia – le quante fotoniche – che portano la specificita di oscillare essendo loro la vera fonte di energia.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | photonic quanta |
dandamesh
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| 4 | quantum size photons |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 3 -1 | quantum photonics |
Marco C
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Proposed translations
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40 mins
quantum photonics
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quantum size photons
A literal translation sounds pretty strange. What Max Planck discovered where particles of light called photons, which were measured in units of size called quantums, or "quanta" if we wish to show off our Latin.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2012-05-10 10:20:19 GMT)
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correction "discovered were particles...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2012-05-10 10:20:19 GMT)
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correction "discovered were particles...
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