lepton
English Thesaurus
1. an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | fermion, |
| definition | : | any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | electron, negatron, |
| definition | : | an elementary particle with negative charge (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | mu-meson, muon, negative muon, |
| definition | : | an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | neutrino, |
| definition | : | an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass (noun.object) |
2. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece (noun.quantity)
| part meronym | : | drachma, greek drachma, |
| definition | : | formerly the basic unit of money in Greece (noun.quantity) |
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