Proton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A stable, positively charged subatomic particle in the baryon family having a mass 1,836 times that of the electron. See Table at subatomic particle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element; the nucleus of the most common isotope of hydrogen; composed of two up quarks and a down quark
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The first inception or rudiment of a structure or organ in the embryo: a term suggested as an equivalent of the German anlage.
  • n. A term designating certain products of tryptie digestion which are obtained from the protamins and which, supposedly, are intermediary between these and the end-products.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nucleon   
    Hyponym
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    photon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    neutron    electron    photon    hydrogen    hydrogens    neutrino    plasma    atom    gamma    ion