lepton

Definitions of lepton
  1. noun
    an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
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    types:
    électron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
    type of:
    particule subatomique, particule élémentaire
    (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
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