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English

Etymology

From positive +? -tron (electron). Coined by American physicist Carl Anderson in 1932 to replace the earlier term antielectron.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?z.?.t??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?.z?.t??n/

Noun

positron (plural positrons)

1. (physics) The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge

   The notion of a positron weapon remains the stuff of science fiction.

Synonyms

• antielectron

Hypernyms

• antilepton

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• positron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• portions, sorption

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

positron n (plural positronen)

1. (physics) positron

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.zi.t???/

Noun

positron m (plural positrons)

1. (physics) positron

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• portions, potirons

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short form of positiv +? elektron

Noun

positron n (definite singular positronet, indefinite plural positron or positroner, definite plural positrona or positronene)

1. (physics) a positron

References

• “positron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of positiv +? elektron

Noun

positron n (definite singular positronet, indefinite plural positron, definite plural positrona)

1. (physics) a positron

References

• “positron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

positron c

1. positron

Declension

English

Etymology

Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nju??t?i?n??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nju??t?i?no?/
• Rhymes: -i?n??
• Hyphenation: neu?tri?no

Noun

neutrino (plural neutrinos)

1. An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.

Derived terms

Translations

Asturian

Noun

neutrino m (plural neutrinos)

1. neutrino (en elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???tri?n?/

Noun

neutrino n

1. (physics) neutrino

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

neutrino n (plural neutrino's)

1. (physics) neutrino

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø.t?i.no/

Noun

neutrino m (plural neutrinos)

1. (physics) neutrino

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

neutrino m (plural neutrinos)

1. (physics) neutrino

Ido

Noun

neutrino (plural neutrini)

1. (physics) neutrino

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Noun

neutr?no

1. neutrino

Inflection

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Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

Etymology

From English neutrino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.ut?r?i.n?/, /n?w?tr?i.n?/

Noun

neutrino n

1. neutron

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

neutrino m (plural neutrinos)

1. neutrino (en elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge)

Romanian

Etymology

From French neutrino

Noun

neutrino m (uncountable)

1. neutrino

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neutr??no/
• Hyphenation: ne?u?tri?no

Noun

neutríno m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (physics) neutrino

Declension

Spanish

Noun

neutrino m (plural neutrinos)

1. neutrino

Derived terms

Further reading

• “neutrino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.