different between tauon vs lepton

English

Etymology

tau +? -on, tau short for Ancient Greek ?????? (trítos, “third”), being the third lepton discovered.

Noun

tauon (plural tauons)

1. An elementary particle, a lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton and a negative charge.

Synonyms

• tau lepton

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tau neutrino
• antitauon

Anagrams

• Auton, auton

Dutch

Noun

tauon n (plural tauonen)

1. (physics) tauon

Synonyms

• taudeeltje

Finnish

Noun

tauon

1. Genitive singular form of tauko.

Anagrams

• Tauno, auton, ontua, tuona

Japanese

Romanization

tauon

1. R?maji transcription of ????

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