preon
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See also: préon
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.
Noun
[edit]preon (plural preons)
- (physics) A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.