"preon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: preons [plural]
Etymology: pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pre|on}} pre- + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} preon (plural preons)
  1. (physics) A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too. Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: spreon, subquark Translations (particle): preó [masculine] (Catalan), preoni (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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