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Definition of Electron

1. Noun. An elementary particle with negative charge.

Definition of Electron

1. n. Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.

Definition of Electron

1. Noun. The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity. ¹

2. Noun. (context: chemistry obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Electron

1. an elementary particle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Electron

1. A stable atomic particle that has a negative charge, the flow ofelectrons through a substance constitutes electricity. (19 Jan 1998)

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Literary usage of Electron

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"This oscillating electron I shall call the valence-electron, ... Although I speak of the valence-electron as oscillating, it might have any kind of motion ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"ON THE SELF-ACCELERATING electron BY S. ASHAUER Communicated by PAM DIRAC Received 19 August 1946 In Dirac'a (i) classical theory of radiating electrons, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"If, on the other hand, we abandon the rather artificial spherical model of the electron, and if we assume that the electron has all its charge concentrated ..."

4. The Origin of Spectra by Paul Darwin Foote, Fred Loomis Mohler (1922)
"Chapter VIII Thermochemical Relations electron AFFINITY OF ATOMS We have mentioned in the latter part of Chapter IV that excited atoms may possess an ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"The ' mass ' of an electron is not fixed in value but it increases with ... When an electron is accelerated in the direction of its motion its mass is ..."

6. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1917)
"The electron Theory of Matter.—It has been seen (§774) that the small negatively charged particles, or electrons as they are called, which make up the ..."

7. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1919)
"The amount of energy W which must be given to the system (ie which the system must absorb) in order to remove the electron to an infinitely great distance ..."

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