photon
quantum of electromagnetic radiation considered as a particle of energy
Note 1 to entry: A photon is an elementary particle of spin 1 and having zero rest mass.
Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-918 in CIE S 017:2011.
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Publication date: 2020-12
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