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dilaton

Dilaton vs Dilation - What's the difference?

dilaton | dilation |


As nouns the difference between dilaton and dilation

is that dilaton is (physics) a theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon) while dilation is the act of dilating.

Dilaton vs Dilator - What's the difference?

dilaton | dilator |


As nouns the difference between dilaton and dilator

is that dilaton is (physics) a theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon) while dilator is (anatomy) any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.

Dilaton vs Dilatonic - What's the difference?

dilaton | dilatonic |


In physics terms the difference between dilaton and dilatonic

is that dilaton is a particle, associated with gravity, in string theory while dilatonic is of or pertaining to a dilaton.

As a noun dilaton

is a theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon.

As an adjective dilatonic is

of or pertaining to a dilaton.