different between lepton vs semileptonic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?pt?n/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (leptón), neuter form of ?????? (leptós, “small”).

Noun

lepton (plural lepta or leptons)

1. A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
2. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (leptós) +? -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1947.

Noun

lepton (plural leptons)

1. (particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Pelton, pentol

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (leptón), neuter form of ?????? (leptós, “small”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lep?ton

Noun

lepton n (plural leptonen)

1. (physics) lepton

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?p.t??/

Noun

lepton m (plural leptons)

1. (physics) lepton
2. lepton (coin)

Further reading

• “lepton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?p.t?n/

Noun

lepton m inan

1. (physics) lepton
2. lepton (coin)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French lepton.

Noun

lepton m (plural leptoni)

1. lepton

Declension

English

Etymology

semi- +? leptonic

Adjective

semileptonic (not comparable)

1. (physics) Of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.

Related terms

• semitauonic