"lepton" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛptɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lepton.wav Forms: lepta [plural], leptons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛptɒn Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón), neuter form of λεπτός (leptós, “small”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|λεπτόν}} Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón) Head templates: {{en-noun|lepta|s}} lepton (plural lepta or leptons)
  1. A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). Translations (Greek coin): λεπτόν (leptón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), lepto (Finnish), lepton [masculine] (French), λεπτό (leptó) [neuter] (Greek), lepton [masculine] (Polish), ле́пта (lépta) [feminine] (Russian), leptón [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
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Synonyms: lepton Hypernyms: fermion, elementary particle, subatomic particle Hyponyms: electron, muon, neutrino, tauon
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛptɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lepton.wav Forms: leptons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛptɒn Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1947. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|λεπτός}} Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós), {{suffix|en||on}} + -on, {{coin|en|Abraham Pais|in=1947|nat=Dutch-American|occ=physicist}} Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1947 Head templates: {{en-noun}} lepton (plural leptons)
  1. (particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. Tags: particle Categories (topical): Particle physics, Leptons Translations (elementary particle): լեպտոն (lepton) (Armenian), leptoi (Basque), লেপটন (lepoṭon) (Bengali), lépton [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), leptó [masculine] (Catalan), 輕子 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻子 (qīngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), lepton [neuter] (Dutch), leptono (Esperanto), leptão [masculine] (European Portuguese), leptoni (Finnish), lepton [masculine] (French), leptón [masculine] (Galician), Lepton [neuter] (German), λεπτόνιο (leptónio) [neuter] (Greek), lepton (Hungarian), létteind [feminine] (Icelandic), leptono (Ido), leptone [masculine] (Italian), レプトン (reputon) (Japanese), 軽粒子 (keiryūshi) (Japanese), ಲೆಪ್ಟಾನ್ (lepṭān) (Kannada), ក្រិសាណូ (kres sa no) (Khmer), កិសាណូ ឡិបតុង (kes sa no) (Khmer), lepton [masculine] (Polish), lepton [masculine] (Romanian), лепто́н (leptón) [masculine] (Russian), lepton [masculine] (Slovene), leptón [masculine] (Spanish), lepton [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Synonyms: lepton Hypernyms: fermion, elementary particle, subatomic particle Hyponyms: electron, muon, neutrino, tauon
Etymology number: 2

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      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leptão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lepton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "leptón",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лепто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lepton"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leptón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lepton"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Greek lepton",
    "lepton"
  ],
  "word": "lepton"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": leb tong vs. kes sa no",
  "path": [
    "lepton"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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