English Explanatory Dictionary

preon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.

Word forms

preon preons

Etymology

From pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.

Related words

spreon subquark

Derived words

antipreon preonic
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