Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photon tunnelling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: pho-ton -tun-nelling
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transmission of light through apertures of dimension smaller than the wavelength of the light by quantum tunnelling

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noun

The apparent faster-than-light transmission of photons across a gap

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Usage

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Questions

What does photon tunnelling mean?: The transmission of light through apertures of dimension smaller than the wavelength of the light by quantum tunnelling

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