graviton

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/ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/

noun

A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

OriginEnglish electronbf. ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi →
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Meanings

noungraviton (plural gravitons)

plural gravitons

  1. particlenatural sciencesA hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic*gʷraus
  4. Latingravis
  5. Latingravitā
  6. Frenchgravité
  7. Latingravitā
  8. Englishgravity
  9. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  10. Latinēlectrum
  11. New Latinēlectricus
  12. Englishelectric
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  16. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  17. Englishion
  18. Englishelectronbf.
  19. Englishgraviton

From gravity + -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society.

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Translations

Basque grabitoi
  • grabitoia hypothetical gauge boson
Brazilian Portuguese gráviton
  • grávitona hypothetical gauge boson
Bulgarian гравито́н
  • гравито́н (gravitón)a hypothetical gauge boson
Catalan gravitó
  • gravitóa hypothetical gauge boson
Chinese Mandarin 引力子, 重力子
  • 引力子 (yǐnlìzǐ)a hypothetical gauge boson
  • 重力子 (zhònglìzǐ)a hypothetical gauge boson
Czech graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Danish graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Dutch graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Esperanto gravitono
  • gravitonoa hypothetical gauge boson
European Portuguese gravitão
  • gravitãoa hypothetical gauge boson
Finnish gravitoni
  • gravitonia hypothetical gauge boson
French graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
German Graviton
  • Gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Hindi गुरुत्वाणु
  • गुरुत्वाणु (gurutvāṇu)a hypothetical gauge boson
Hungarian graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Icelandic þyngdareind
  • þyngdareinda hypothetical gauge boson
Irish graibheatón
  • graibheatóna hypothetical gauge boson
Italian gravitone
  • gravitonea hypothetical gauge boson
Japanese 重力子
  • 重力子 (jūryokushi)a hypothetical gauge boson
Korean 중력자
  • 중력자 (jungnyeokja)a hypothetical gauge boson
Norwegian Bokmål graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Persian گراویتون
  • گراویتون (gerâviton)a hypothetical gauge boson
Polish grawiton
  • grawitona hypothetical gauge boson
Romanian graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Russian гравито́н
  • гравито́н (gravitón)a hypothetical gauge boson
Spanish gravitón
  • gravitóna hypothetical gauge boson
Swedish graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Turkish graviton
  • gravitona hypothetical gauge boson
Cite this entry
APA

graviton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graviton

MLA

“graviton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graviton. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graviton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graviton.

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