"neutron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈn(j)uː.tɹɒn/ [UK], /ˈnu.tɹɑn/ [US] Audio: en-us-neutron.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neutron.wav [Southern-England] Forms: neutrons [plural]
Etymology: From neutral + -on. Coined by Scottish-Australian physicist William Sutherland in 1899 in a paper in the Philosophical Magazine. Subsequent usage was sporadic and theoretical, sometimes referring to neutrinos rather than neutrons, and the modern sense was reintroduced alongside proton by Ernest Rutherford in 1920. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|neutral|on}} neutral + -on, {{coin|en|William Sutherland|in=1899|nat=Scottish-Australian|nobycat=1|occ=physicist|w=William Sutherland (physicist)}} Coined by Scottish-Australian physicist William Sutherland in 1899, {{m|en|proton}} proton Head templates: {{en-noun}} neutron (plural neutrons)
  1. (physics) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks. Wikipedia link: Ernest Rutherford, Philosophical Magazine, neutron Categories (topical): Baryons, Neutron, Nuclear physics, Subatomic particles Synonyms: n [symbol] Hypernyms: baryon, nucleon Related terms: electron, proton Translations (subatomic particle): نْيُوتْرُون (nyutrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), نُوتْرُون (nutrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), نْيُتْرُون (nyutrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), نُتْرُون (nutrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), նեյտրոն (neytron) (Armenian), neutrón [masculine] (Asturian), neutroi (Basque), নিউট্রন (niuṭron) (Bengali), nêutron [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), neutron [collective] (Breton), neutronenn [feminine, singular] (Breton), неутро́н (neutrón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), neutró (Catalan), 中子 (zung¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 中子 (zhōngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), neutron [masculine] (Czech), neutron [common-gender] (Danish), neutron [neuter] (Dutch), neŭtrono (Esperanto), neutrão [masculine] (European Portuguese), neutroni (Finnish), neutron [masculine] (French), neutrón [masculine] (Galician), Neutron [neuter] (German), νετρόνιο (netrónio) [neuter] (Greek), નપુંસણુ (napũsṇu) (Gujarati), huna hohoki (Hawaiian), נֵיטרוֹן (neitrón) [masculine] (Hebrew), नपुंसणु (napunsṇu) (Hindi), nifteind [feminine] (Icelandic), neutrono (Ido), neutron (Interlingua), neodrón [masculine] (Irish), neutrone [masculine] (Italian), 中性子 (chūseishi) (alt: ちゅうせいし) (Japanese), нейтрон (neitron) (Kazakh), អព្យាកតាណូ (ak pyeak ta no) (Khmer), ណឺត្រុង (ner trong) (Khmer), 중성자 (jungseongja) (alt: 中性子) (Korean), neitrons [masculine] (Latvian), неутро́н (neutrón) [masculine] (Macedonian), naeearane (Manx), iramoe (Maori), нейтрон (nejtron) (Mongolian), nøytron [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nøytron [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نوترون (Persian), neutron [masculine] (Polish), neutron [masculine] (Romanian), нейтро́н (nejtrón) [masculine] (Russian), неу̀тро̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neùtrōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nevtron [masculine] (Slovene), neutrón (Spanish), nyutroni (Swahili), neutron [common-gender] (Swedish), awansik (Tagalog), นิวตรอน (niu-dtrɔn) (Thai), བར་གནས་རྡུལ་ཕྲན (bar gnas rdul phran) (Tibetan), ཀྲུང་ཙི (krung tsi) (Tibetan), nötron (Turkish), нейтрон (nejtron) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nơtron (Vietnamese), niwtron (Welsh), נייטראָן (neytron) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נייטראָן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neutron"
}

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