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electron

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"Negative particle"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɒn/Part of speech nounSorted ceelnortStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an elementary particle with negative charge

Word origin

Blend of electric + ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original electrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-, -on.

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