Lepton Definition
lĕptŏn
lepta, leptons
noun
A small coin of ancient Greece.
Webster's New World
A former monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to1100 of a drachma.
Webster's New World
Any of a class of fermions subject to the weak interaction but not the strong interaction, as the electron, neutrino, muon, or tau particle.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Lepton
Noun
Singular:
lepton
Plural:
lepta, leptonsOrigin of Lepton
From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (lepton), neuter form of λεπτός (leptos, “small").
From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptos) +"Ž -on.
From Wiktionary
lepto– –on
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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