Phrase guide

Feynman diagram

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnmən ˈdaɪəɡɹæm/
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noun

Meaning 1

A pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where lines meet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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History

Etymology

Named after its inventor, American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: diagramat e Fajmanit — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Arabic: مخطط فاينمان — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Belarusian: дыяграмы Фейнмана (dyjahramy Fjejnmana) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Bengali: ফাইনম্যান চিত্র (phainmman citro) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Bulgarian: диаграма на Файнман (diagrama na Fajnman) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Catalan: diagrama de Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Chinese Cantonese: 費曼規矩 /费曼规矩 — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 費曼圖 /费曼图 (Fèimàntú) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Czech: Feynmanovy diagramy — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Dutch: Feynmandiagram — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Estonian: Feynmani diagramm — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Finnish: Feynmanin graafi — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • French: diagramme de Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Galician: diagrama de Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • German: Feynman-Diagramm — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Greek: διάγραμμα Φάινμαν (diágramma Fáinman) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Hebrew: דיאגרמת פיינמן — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Hungarian: Feynman-gráf — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Italian: diagramma di Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Japanese: ファインマン・ダイアグラム — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Korean: 파인먼 도형 (painmeon dohyeong) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Persian: نمودار فاینمن — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Polish: diagram Feynmana — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Portuguese: diagrama de Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Russian: диаграммы Фейнмана (diagrammy Fejnmana) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Serbo-Croatian: Feynmanov dȉjagram — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Slovak: Feynmanov diagram — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Slovene: Feynmanov diagram — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Spanish: diagrama de Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Swedish: Feynmandiagram — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Tatar: Фейнман диаграммалары (Feynman diyağrammaları) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Turkish: Feynman diyagramı — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Ukrainian: діаграма Фейнмана (diahrama Fejnmana) — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles
  • Vietnamese: sơ đồ Feynman — pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles