Definitions for neutron

neutron neu·tron

Spelling: [noo-tron, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu trɒn, ˈnyu-/

Neutron is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in neutron (ennortu).

Definitions for neutron

noun

  1. an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.

Origin of neutron

First recorded in 1920-25; neutr(o)- + -on1

Examples for neutron

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen containing a proton and neutron in its nucleus, while normal hydrogen has only a proton.

Heat—quantities of heat were being poured into the little ship, and the neutron guns were doing their best to add to it.

For that reason, such objects are called pulsars, and they have provided our best data about neutron stars.

While every neutron star has an intense magnetic field, the ones known as magnetars are exceptional.

The Miran answered with the neutron beam, atomic and gamma bombs—and the crumbler ray.

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.

The actual limit is when the star has reached the density of a neutron, and this star hasn't collapsed that far by a long shot.

The pulses are from a beam of light produced by the intense magnetic field, which sweeps across Earth as the neutron star rotates.

These units are the positron, the negatron, and the neutron.

Word Value for neutron
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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