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quante fotoniche

English translation: photonic quanta

18:33 May 9, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Physics
Italian term or phrase: quante fotoniche
(...) Max Planck a Berlino nel 1900, ha ammesso che la radiazione solare, la forma più visibile di energia, non è una semplice onda che attraversa lo spazio ma è composta dai piccoli frammenti di energia – le quante fotoniche – che portano la specificita di oscillare essendo loro la vera fonte di energia.
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English translation:photonic quanta
Explanation:
http://www.answers.com/topic/quanta
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dandamesh
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3 +3photonic quanta
dandamesh
4quantum size photons
James (Jim) Davis
3 -1quantum photonics
Marco C


  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
quantum photonics


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Marco C
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

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disagree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: Sorry, but that's not what this is...
1 hr
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
photonic quanta


Explanation:
http://www.answers.com/topic/quanta

dandamesh
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
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agree  Gian: plurale di quantum: quanta
14 mins
  -> grazie Gian!
agree  philgoddard: "Quanta of photons" gets more Google hits.
27 mins
  -> thanks Phil!
agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: with philgoddard. "photonic quanta" is not the standard way of conveying this concept in physics or chemistry.
1 hr
  -> also in Italian, I think that's the reason of this question, thanks
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quantum size photons


Explanation:
A literal translation sounds pretty strange. What Max Planck discovered where particles of light called photons, which were measured in units of size called quantums, or "quanta" if we wish to show off our Latin.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2012-05-10 10:20:19 GMT)
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correction "discovered were particles...

James (Jim) Davis
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