Definition of Protons

1. Noun. (plural of proton) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protons

1. proton [n] - See also: proton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protons

protonemata
protonematal
protoneutron
protoneutron star
protoneutron stars
protonic
protonium
protoniums
protonlike
protonmotive
protonolysis
protonophore
protonophores
protonotaries
protonotary
protons (current term)
protonym
protooncogene
protooncogenes
protopanaxadiol
protopanaxatriol
protopathic
protophilic
protophloem
protophloems
protophyte
protophytes
protophytology
protopine
protopines

Literary usage of Protons

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

1. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2003)
"Such a system would use a beam of high-energy protons impinging on a target of ... The target was irradiated with a 24 nA beam of 800 MeV protons, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"It will produce 250 MeV protons at a maximum current of 500 nA. The shielding calculations for these facilities are based on published parameters. ..."

3. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"The left hand channel carries a mixture of protons and ionized hydrogen mole- ... The right channel carries protons and these travel through the complex ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"For example, the repulsive electrostatic potential energy between two protons is Vc = ez/r where e is the charge of each proton and r is the radial ..."

5. Key and Elphinstone's Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing by Howard Warburton Elphinstone, Thomas Key, William Hew Coltman (1897)
"PEBC. i. protons will be Nos. L. cf LIV. ; if for life, the usual proton will ... L. ; if there is a power to retire on notice, the protons for that event ..."

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