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photonic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
pho-ton-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, or relating to photons or to photonics

Etymology

Etymology tree English photon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English photonic From photon + -ic.

Derived Forms

astrophotonic biophotonic biphotonic magnetophotonic metallophotonic monophotonic multiphotonic nanophotonic neurophotonic nonphotonic photonically

Phrases

photonic band-gap material photonic computing photonic crystal photonic force microscope photonic logic photonic sensor

Questions

What does photonic mean?
of, or relating to photons or to photonics
Where does photonic come from?
Etymology tree English photon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English photonic From photon + -ic.

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