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

A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC. The lowest value coin ever in circulation. Considered by some to be the widow's mite.

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Other Word Forms of Lepton

Noun

Singular:
lepton
Plural:
lepta, leptons

Origin 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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