soft photon

noun

A photon, whose energy is too small to be detected, that is one of a cloud associated with a charged particle.

Meanings

nounsoft photon (plural soft photons)

plural soft photons

  1. natural sciencesA photon, whose energy is too small to be detected, that is one of a cloud associated with a charged particle.
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