"cluon" meaning in All languages combined

See cluon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cluons [plural]
Etymology: from clue (“idea, inkling”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|clue||idea, inkling}} clue (“idea, inkling”), {{m|en|-on||suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units}} -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cluon (plural cluons)
  1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: clutron
    Sense id: en-cluon-en-noun-tJfKRytf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (slang) A person who is well-informed, or says well-informed things. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cluon-en-noun-qP3QhMW3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bogon, microLenat

Inflected forms

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