Lexic.us

Definition of Lepton

1. Noun. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece.

2. Noun. An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0.

Definition of Lepton

1. Noun. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC. The lowest value coin ever in circulation. Considered by some to be the widow's mite. ¹

2. Noun. An elementary particle with a spin of 1/2 (a fermion) which is immune to the strong nuclear force (including the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lepton

1. a subatomic particle [n -S] : LEPTONIC [adj] / a monetary unit of Greece [n -TA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepton

leptoma leptomata leptome leptomeningeal leptomeningeal carcinoma leptomeningeal carcinomatosis leptomeningeal cyst leptomeningeal fibrosis leptomeninges leptomeningitides

leptomeningitis leptomere leptomes leptomonad leptomycin lepton (current term) lepton number leptonema leptonemas leptonic

leptonically leptonless leptons leptophilic leptophobic leptophonia leptophonic leptophos leptophoses leptopodia

Literary usage of Lepton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"But them what about baryon and lepton conservation? They *Research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ..."

2. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1882)
"Robert de Bellomont Kt„ gave to Nicholas his sonne all his land in lepton, Dat. 1329. ibm. Robert, son of Richard do lepton, gave to Thomas, son of Uchtred ..."

3. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"... lepton. Diagnosis emended from Daly: Small ... lepton Daly, 1973, p. 575 Diagnosis: Same as for genus. Holotype: FM-UR 2303: skull with jaw, 2! ..."

4. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"'1. Hob.—Mazatlan; 1 valve off Chama; L'pool Col. Tablet 497 contains the specimen. GENUS lepton, Turt. Turton, Conch. ... lepton CLEMENTINUM, ns L. t. ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1902)
"The bearing of this point on the text need not be discussed here. The word \error, lepton, already mentioned, is fittingly translated mile (Mk. 1242 ..."

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