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English

Etymology

From neutral +? -on. Coined by Scottish-Australian physicist William Sutherland in 1899 in a paper in the Philosophical Magazine. Subsequent usage was sporadic and theoretical, sometimes referring to neutrinos rather than neutrons, and the modern sense was reintroduced alongside proton by Ernest Rutherford in 1920.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n(j)u?.t??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?nu.t??n/

Noun

neutron (plural neutrons)

1. (physics) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.

Synonyms

• n (symbol)

Hypernyms

• baryon
• nucleon

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• electron
• proton

Anagrams

• nontrue

Afrikaans

Noun

neutron (plural neutrone)

1. (physics) neutron

Czech

Noun

neutron m

1. neutron

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nø???t??o?n]

Noun

neutron c (singular definite neutronen, plural indefinite neutroner)

1. (physics) neutron

Declension

References

• “neutron” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English neutron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nø?.tr?n/, /?nœy?.tr?n/
• Hyphenation: neu?tron

Noun

neutron n (plural neutronen, diminutive neutrontje n or neutroontje n)

1. (physics) neutron

Derived terms

• neutronenbom
• neutronenster

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø.t???/

Noun

neutron m (plural neutrons)

1. (physics) neutron

Derived terms

• étoile à neutrons

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?utron]
• Hyphenation: ne?ut?ron
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

neutron (plural neutronok)

1. (physics) neutron (subatomic particle having no charge)

Declension

Further reading

• neutron in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?neu?.tron/, [?n?u?t???n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?neu?.tron/, [?n??u?t???n]

Noun

neutron m (genitive neutr?nis); third declension

1. (physics, New Latin) neutron

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Polish

Etymology

From English neutron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??u.tr?n/, /?n?w.tr?n/

Noun

neutron m inan

1. neutron

Declension

Derived terms

• neutronowy

Romanian

Etymology

From French neutron

Noun

neutron m (plural neutroni)

1. neutron

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

neùtr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (physics) neutron

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne???tro?n/

Noun

neutron c

1. (physics) neutron

Declension

See also

• proton
• elektron

Venetian

Noun

neutron m (plural neutruni)

1. (physics) neutron

English

Alternative forms

• neurone

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”). Doublet of nerve and sinew.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n(j)???n/, /?n(j)u??n/, /?n(j)??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nj????n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?nj???n/

Noun

neuron (plural neurons or neura)

1. (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
2. (zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing.
3. (artificial intelligence) an artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)

Synonyms

• (cell of nervous system): neurocyte
• (cell of nervous system): nerve cell

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• neura
• neurode
• neuron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• neuron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• neuron in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• neuron at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?neu?ron/

Noun

neuron m

1. (cytology) neuron

Declension

Synonyms

• nervová bu?ka

Further reading

• neuron in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• neuron in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

neuron c (singular definite neuronen, plural indefinite neuroner)

1. (cytology) neuron

Declension

Synonyms

• nervecelle

References

• “neuron” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

neuron n (plural neuronen or neurons)

1. neuron

Polish

Noun

neuron m inan

1. neuron

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French neurone

Noun

neuron m (plural neuroni)

1. neuron

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?ro?n/
• Hyphenation: ne?u?ron

Noun

neùr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. neuron

Declension