English Explanatory Dictionary

maon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.
name
  1. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

Word forms

maon maons

Etymology

From Mao (referring to Mao Zedong) + -on, coined in 1977 by American theoretical physicist Sheldon L. Glashow in remembrance of Mao, who firmly holds that matter is endlessly divisible.

Synonyms

quink haplon rishon subquark prequark
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