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- noun physics A
count of thedistributions ofphotons obtained by countingphotoelectric electrons
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photo- + count
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The CT, on the other hand, points to the low intensity as an indication of nonclassical light which may display even sub-Poissonian photocount statistics and may provide thus an optimized optical communication channel in biological systems within living matter of "optimized" high optical density2.
A Biophotonic Theory of Evolution William Harryman 2007
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