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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phonon /ˈfəʊnɒn/

▶noun Physics a quantum of energy associated with a compressional wave such as a vibration of a crystal lattice.

– origin 1930s: from Gk phōnē ‘sound’, on the pattern of photon.

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