"lepton" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece (synset 113697454)
is a type of: greek monetary unit - monetary unit in Greece

is a part of: drachma, greek drachma - formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions;
Has a baryon number of 0 (synset 109360919)
is a type of:
- elementary particle, fundamental particle - (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
- fermion - any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
subtypes:
- electron, negatron - an elementary particle with negative charge
- mu-meson, muon, negative muon - an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
- neutrino - an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass
- tau-minus particle, tauon - a lepton of very great mass