e|lec|tron

e|lec|tron
e|lec|tron «ih LEHK tron», noun.
a tiny particle carrying one unit of negative electricity; the unit charge of electricity found outside the nucleus of all atoms and having a mass about 1/1836 that of a proton. All atoms have electrons arranged about a nucleus. An electron may be positive (positron), but as the term is generally used, it refers to the negative form (negatron). »

It is now recognized that the electrons do not always behave like tiny particles but sometimes manifest wave properties as well (P. E. Hodgson).

╂[< electr(ic) + -on, as in ion]

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