"-on" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: * (Physics) From -on in electron, reinforced by Ancient Greek -ον (-on) ending neuter nouns and adjectives. * (Chemistry) From -on in carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon. Etymology templates: {{l|grc|-ον}} -ον (-on) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -on, {{en-suffix}} -on
  1. (physics, mathematics and biology) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (proton), quanta (photon), molecular units (codon), or substances (interferon). Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology, Mathematics, Physics Translations ((physics) subatomic particles): [masculine] (Catalan), (zǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), -on (Dutch), -on [masculine] (French), -on [neuter] (German), -અણુ (-aṇu) (Gujarati), -अणु (-aṇu) (Hindi), -on (Interlingua), -one [masculine] (Italian), (shi) (Japanese), -अणू (-aṇū) (Marathi), -on (Norwegian Bokmål), -ão [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), -on [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), -он (-on) [masculine] (Russian), -ón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-H2q3WwK3 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 36 29 Topics: biology, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of '(physics) subatomic particles': 85 8 7
  2. (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology, Genetics Translations ((genetics) basic or fundamental units): -on (French), -on (Norwegian Bokmål), -он (-on) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-Yz-pzBnu Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 36 29 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '(genetics) basic or fundamental units': 13 80 7
  3. (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon). Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations ((chemistry) nonmetal element): -on (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-sgPMziuG Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Element nomenclature Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 36 29 Disambiguation of Element nomenclature: 28 26 46 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(chemistry) nonmetal element': 26 20 54

Inflected forms

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