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"roman": "pojitoron",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "ポジトロン"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vɨccĕəʼmiəniənou",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "វិជ្ជមានាណូ"
},
{
"alt": "陽電子",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yangjeonja",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "양전자"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozitrons"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozitronas"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dhanāṇū",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "धनाणू"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "positron"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "positron"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pozitrôn",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "پوزیترون"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozyton"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pósitron"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "European Portuguese",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "positrão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozitron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozitrón",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позитро́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̏зитро̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȍzitrōn"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozitron"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "positrón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "positron"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "tahasik"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "poo-sí-dtrɔn",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "โพซิตรอน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "positron",
"word": "pozitron"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pozytrón",
"sense": "positron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позитро́н"
}
],
"word": "positron"
}
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