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  1. thermion
    an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
  2. superstring
    a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
  3. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  4. magnetic monopole
    a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two
  5. ion
    a particle that is electrically charged positive or negative
  6. deuteron
    the nucleus of deuterium
  7. beta particle
    a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
  8. fundamental particle
    a particle that is less complex than an atom
  9. alpha particle
    a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes
  10. elementary particle
    a particle that is less complex than an atom
  11. deuterium
    an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron
Created on Sun Nov 14 20:31:01 EST 2010 (updated Sun Nov 14 20:43:09 EST 2010)

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