Definitions for electron

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electron e·lec·tron

Spelling: [ih-lek-tron]

IPA: /ɪˈlɛk trɒn/

Electron is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in electron (ceelnort).

Definitions for electron

noun

1. Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
2. Electricity. a unit of charge equal to the charge on one electron.

Origin of electron

term first suggested in 1891 by Irish physicist G. J. Stoney (1826-1911); electr(ic) + -on (from the names of charged particles, as ion, <

Examples for electron

Yet—the proton is positive and attracts the electron's negative charge.

But natural matter does have a tendency to let the electron fall into the proton.

Back in 1897, British physicist J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, which, as of then, was the biggest finding of all time.

No one imagined in 1897 what the electron would do, or how it would change humanity.

Is there a particular reason why an electron weighs as much as it does, or that gravity is as strong as it is?

The rumblings of the electron had increased with each passing week.

Almost four months, according to the passage of time on the electron.

But with an electron micgrograph to illustrate what was fueling the outbreak, they were able to gain the trust of the people.

You have the atom, which has the neutron, the electron, the proton.

The same thing goes for a proton or electron or neutron or even a neutrino.