lepton
pronunciation
How to pronounce lepton in British English:
UK ['leptɒn]
How to pronounce lepton in American English:
US ['leptɒn]
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- Noun:
- 100 lepta equal 1 drachma
- an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Word Origin
- lepton (n.)
- elementary particle of small mass, 1948, from Greek leptos "small, slight, slender, delicate" (from lepein "to peel," from PIE *lep-; see leper) + -on. Also the name of a small coin in ancient Greece, from neuter of leptos
Example
- 1. Weak interaction and lepton aspects of beta decay .
- 2. There is a lepton which is neutral , called a neutrino .
- 3. I tell you , you shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the very last lepton .
- 4. Photon and charged lepton interactions with hadrons ( for neutrino interactions , see 1315 )
- 5. The antimuon decay also conserves the total light and heavy lepton numbers .