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GRAVITON

Dictionary entry overview: What does graviton mean?

• GRAVITON (noun)
The noun GRAVITON has 1 sense:

1. a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles

Familiarity information: GRAVITON used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAVITON (noun)

Sense 1

graviton ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("graviton" is a kind of...):

gauge boson (a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles)

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