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parton

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of the point particles proposed as a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks.

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  • noun physics Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, i.e. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[part(icle) + –on.]

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Coined by quantum field theorist Richard Feynmann in 1969 by part +‎ -on

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rhymes (13)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Barton
  2. Martin
  3. Spartan
  4. Tartan
  5. barton
  6. carton
  7. harten
  8. hearten
  9. marten
  10. martin
  11. smarten
  12. spartan
  13. tartan

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