See Also: Photon(medicine)
photon(dictionary)
photon(encyclopedia)
photon(dictionary)
absorptiometry, photon(medicine)
photon density(medicine)
PHOTON Group Limited(finance)
single photon emission computed tomography(medicine)

milliprobe (iou) and photon (oh)


milliprobe (iou)



milliprobe noun. M20.
[from MILLI- + PROBE noun.]
An instrument for analysing small amounts of material; spec. a form of spectrophotometer used esp. to study fragile or precious objects, in which a narrow beam of accelerated particles (usu. protons) is directed at the specimen and the resulting fluorescence analysed.

photon (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: photo- + -on 'particle' (from ion)]
a unit of energy that carries light and has zero mass