English Explanatory Dictionary

lepton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
  2. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
noun
  1. An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛptɒn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lepton.wav

Word forms

lepton lepta leptons

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón), neuter form of λεπτός (leptós, “small”).

Synonyms

lepton

Derived words

antilepton bilepton dilepton leptogenesis leptogluon leptonic leptonically leptonium leptonization leptonless lepton number leptophilic leptophobic leptoproduction leptoquark monolepton multilepton slepton tau lepton technilepton trilepton
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