different between electro vs muon

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

electro (countable and uncountable, plural electros)

1. (countable, obsolete) An electrotype.
2. (uncountable, music) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.

Translations

Verb

electro (third-person singular simple present electros, present participle electroing, simple past and past participle electroed)

1. (archaic) To electrotype.

Anagrams

• Elector, corelet, elector

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.l?k.t?o/
• Homophones: électro-, électro, électros

Etymology 1

Noun

electro f (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (music genre)

Etymology 2

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (électroménager)

Anagrams

• récolte, récolté

Latin

Noun

?lectr?

1. dative singular of ?lectrum
2. ablative singular of ?lectrum

Spanish

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. electrum

English

Etymology

Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mju??n/

Noun

muon (plural muons)

1. (physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.

Derived terms

• muogenic
• muonic

Translations

Further reading

• muon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• moun

Dutch

Etymology

Contraction of mu-meson

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu?on

Noun

muon n (plural muonen)

1. (physics) muon

Esperanto

Noun

muon

1. accusative singular of muo