single photon

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandphoton

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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photon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfəʊ.tɒn/us
/ˈfoʊ.tɑːn/
a single unit ...
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(Definition ofsingleandphotonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The size of thesinglephotonresponse and the magnitude of membrane voltage fluctuations were assessed in dark- and light-adapted retina.
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Their results are consistent with a threshold that is 25-30% of the amplitude of thesinglephotonresponse.
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The present results indicate that a step is asinglephotonresponse with an aberrant long-lasting shut-off mechanism.
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Observation from subtraction of brain imaging withsinglephotonemission computed tomography using technetium-99m hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxide.
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In this cell thesinglephoton, rather than test flash, response was measured.
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The similar amplitudes are consistent with linear summation ofsinglephotonevents at low flash strengths.
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The output from the model was passed through a detection threshold, set to half the amplitude of thesinglephotonevent.
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While these results provided an indication of thesinglephotonamplitude, they did not reveal the time course of the events.
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One of these possibilities is direct ionization bysinglephotonabsorption.
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Such a large convergence allows manysinglephotonsignals to be summed by higher-order neurons.
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Central pain and thalamic hyperactivity: asinglephotonemission computerized tomographic study.
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The following evidence suggests these "steps" aresinglephotonresponses of abnormally long duration.
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In the next section, we analyze the variance of the flash responses, on the assumption that they arise from superposition of identicalsinglephotonsignals.
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