Associations to the word «Lepton»

Wiktionary

LEPTON, noun. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
LEPTON, noun. An elementary particle with a spin of 1/2 (a fermion) which is immune to the strong nuclear force (including the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon).
LEPTON NUMBER, noun. (physics) A quantum number related to the difference between the number of leptons and antileptons in a system

Dictionary definition

LEPTON, noun. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece.
LEPTON, noun. An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0.

Wise words

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C. S. Lewis