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NEGATRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elementary particle with negative charge
Synonyms:
electron; negatron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("negatron" is a kind of...):
lepton (an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "negatron"):
delta ray (an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation)
free electron (electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field)
photoelectron (an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon)
valence electron (an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules)
