"positron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɹɒn/ [UK], /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɹɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-positron.wav Forms: positrons [plural]
Etymology: From positive + -tron (electron). Coined by American physicist Carl Anderson in 1932 to replace the earlier term antielectron. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|positive|tron}} positive + -tron, {{coin|en|Carl Anderson|in=1932|nat=American|occ=physicist|w=Carl David Anderson}} Coined by American physicist Carl Anderson in 1932 Head templates: {{en-noun}} positron (plural positrons)
  1. (physics) The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge. Categories (topical): Antimatter, Leptons, Subatomic particles Synonyms: antielectron Hypernyms: antilepton Derived forms: positron emission tomography, positronic, positronium, spositron Translations (positron): بُوزِيتْرُون (buzitrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), պոզիտրոն (pozitron) (Armenian), positroi (Basque), пазітро́н (pazitrón) [masculine] (Belarusian), পজিট্রন (pojiṭron) (Bengali), pósitron [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), позитро́н (pozitrón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), positró [masculine] (Catalan), 正電子 (Chinese Mandarin), 正电子 (zhèngdiànzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 陽電子 (Chinese Mandarin), 阳电子 (yángdiànzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 正子 (zhèngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pozitron [masculine] (Czech), positron [neuter] (Dutch), pozitrono (Esperanto), positrão [masculine] (European Portuguese), positroni (Finnish), positron [masculine] (French), positon [masculine] (French), Positron [neuter] (German), ποζιτρόνιο (pozitrónio) [neuter] (Greek), פּוֹזִיטְרוֹן (pozitrón) [masculine] (Hebrew), धनाणु (dhanāṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), pozitron (Hungarian), jáeind [feminine] (Icelandic), antielektrono (Ido), posatrón [masculine] (Irish), positrone [masculine] (Italian), 陽電子 (yōdenshi) (alt: ようでんし) (Japanese), ポジトロン (pojitoron) (Japanese), វិជ្ជមានាណូ (vɨccĕəʼmiəniənou) (Khmer), 양전자 (yangjeonja) (alt: 陽電子) (Korean), pozitrons [masculine] (Latvian), pozitronas [masculine] (Lithuanian), धनाणू (dhanāṇū) (Marathi), positron [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), positron [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پوزیترون (pozitrôn) (Persian), pozyton [masculine] (Polish), pozitron [masculine] (Romanian), позитро́н (pozitrón) [masculine] (Russian), по̏зитро̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍzitrōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pozitron [masculine] (Slovene), positrón [masculine] (Spanish), positron [common-gender] (Swedish), tahasik (Tagalog), โพซิตรอน (poo-sí-dtrɔn) (Thai), pozitron (Turkish), позитро́н (pozytrón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "tl",
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      "word": "positron emission tomography"
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "buzitrūn",
      "sense": "positron",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "պոզիտրոն"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "positroi"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pazitrón",
      "sense": "positron",
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pojiṭron",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "পজিট্রন"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "positron",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "positró"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "正電子"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngdiànzǐ",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "正电子"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "陽電子"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yángdiànzǐ",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "阳电子"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngzǐ",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "正子"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozitron"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "positron",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "pozitrono"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "positroni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "positron"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "positon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Positron"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pozitrónio",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ποζιτρόνιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pozitrón",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּוֹזִיטְרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhanāṇu",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "धनाणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "pozitron"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "jáeind"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "antielektrono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posatrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "positron",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "positrone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようでんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōdenshi",
      "sense": "positron",
      "word": "陽電子"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "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"
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      "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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