PROTONS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Proton

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

early 20th century (in sense ‘each of four hypothetical elements regarded as forming the basis of all the other elements’): from Greek, neuter of prōtos ‘first’. The modern sense is first recorded in 1920

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈprəʊtɒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.

Short Definition:

stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei

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