1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Neutron

Definition of Neutron in English :

Define Neutron in English

Neutron meaning in English

Meaning of Neutron in English

Pronunciation of Neutron in English

Neutron pronunciation in English

Pronounce Neutron in English

Neutron

see synonyms of neutron

Noun

1. neutron

an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Neutron

see synonyms of neutron
noun
physics
a neutral elementary particle with a rest mass of 1.674 92716 × 10–27 kilogram and spin 1⁄2; classified as a baryon. In the nucleus of an atom it is stable, but when free it decays

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Neutron

see synonyms of neutron
noun
Particle Physics
an uncharged nucleon having a mass of c. 1.675×10-27 kg (c. 939.5729 MeV/c2, c. 1,839 times the mass of an electron): a free neutron, as in nuclear fission, has a half-life of c. 14.8 minutes, is readily absorbed by a nucleus, and decays into a proton, an electron, and a neutrino

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Neutron

see synonyms of neutron
n. Abbr. n
The electrically neutral nucleon, a baryon composed of two down quarks and one up quark, which has a mass 1,839 times that of an electron, is stable when bound in an atomic nucleus, but has a mean lifetime of 886 seconds as a free particle. It is a basic component of all atomic nuclei except the protium isotope of hydrogen.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

heliolatry

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches