lep|ton

lep|ton
lep|ton «LEHP ton», noun, plural -tons for 1; -ta «-tuh» for 2.
1. a) any one of a class of light elementary particles that includes the neutrino, electron, and mumesons. Leptons interact weakly with other particles. b) any weakly interacting particle, regardless of mass: »

a hypothetical group of heavy leptons.

2. a unit of money in modern Greece, a coin worth 1/100 of a drachma.
[< Greek leptón (nómisma) small (coin), neuter of leptós thin]

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