electron

Noun

Meaning

Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

negatron beta particle negative particle triton hadron atom quantic service current light Ion boson heat particle electricity
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Antonyms

mass blizzard bucket abundance mess large quantity
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Hypernyms

lepton

Hyponyms

free electron photoelectron delta ray valence electron

Related terms

electronics electronic

Phrases with the word

Auger electron electron beam tube electron ray electron pair bond electron-beam instrument electron beam welding

Examples

Life is a partial, continuous, progressive, multiform and conditionally interactive self-realization of the potentialities of atomic electron states. John Desmond Bernal

You will get your difficulties with the point electron. Paul Ehrenfest

In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino. Frederick Reines

The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real. Richard Feynman

The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both. James Randi

I have never seen a proton or electron spinning around it. I have never actually seen a chromosome. I trust that they exist because people who I trust tell me they do. Daniel Levitin

Close letter words and terms

electromyoneurographic electromyoneurography electromyostimulation electron accelerator electron affinity electron avalanche