Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
ra-dion
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined in 1998 by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and John March-Russell in the paper "Stabilization of Sub-Millimeter Dimensions: The New Guise of the Hierarchy Problem".

Etymology

Etymology tree English radius Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English radion From radius + -on.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does radion mean?
The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined in 1998 by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and John March-Russell in the paper "Stabilization of Sub-Millimeter Dimensions: The New Guise of the Hierarchy Problem".
Where does radion come from?
Etymology tree English radius Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English radion From radius + -on.

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