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Lepton

Meaning

Noun

A
used since
in Greece,
in
of a
, a
, and a
(as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
A small,
Judean
from the 1st
BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
In Particle physics & Leptons:
An
that has a
of 1/2 (i.e; is a
) and does not
via the
;
include the
, the
, the
and the tauon.
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Origin

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λεπτόν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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