preon
Appearance
See also: préon
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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.
Translations
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[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle, pin”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]prēon m
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | prēon | prēonas |
accusative | prēon | prēonas |
genitive | prēones | prēona |
dative | prēone | prēonum |
Descendants
[edit]- English: preen
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