different between taxon vs tauon

English

Etymology

Back-formation from taxonomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?tæks?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?tæks??n/

Noun

taxon (plural taxa or taxons)

1. (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• taxon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Axton

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxon.

Noun

taxon m (plural taxoni)

1. (taxonomy) taxon

Declension

Spanish

Noun

taxon m (plural táxones)

1. Alternative form of taxón

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 ????