neutron
/ˈn(j)uː.tɹɒn//ˈnu.tɹɑn/
neutron noun: a subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.
Noun
neutron (plural neutrons)
neutron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
neutron in Hindi
- subatomic particle
- नपुंसणु napunsṇu
neutron in Tamil
- நியூட்டிரான், நொதுமி, நடுமின்னி
neutron in Bengali
- subatomic particle
- নিউট্রন niuṭron
neutron in Telugu
- న్యూట్రాన్, న్యుట్రాన్
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- neutron in Malayalam
- ന്യൂട്രോൺ nyūṭrōṇ
- neutron in Kannada
- ನ್ಯೂಟ್ರಾನ್, ಪರಮಾಣು ಬೀಜಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮೂಲ ಕಣ
- neutron in Gujarati
- નપુંસણુ napũsṇu
- neutron in Tagalog
- awansik
- neutron in Arabic
- نْيُوتْرُون nyutrūn, نُوتْرُون nutrūn, نْيُتْرُون nyutrūn, نُتْرُون nutrūn
- neutron in Persian
- نوترون
- neutron in Thai
- นิวตรอน niu-dtrɔn
- neutron in Vietnamese
- nơtron
Examples of neutron in a sentence
- That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
- The black hole formed as a result of fallback of ejecta onto the neutron star initially created by the supernova explosion.
- The control rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reaction under control and preventing it from going prompt critical.
Synonyms of neutron
Forms of neutron
| plural | neutrons |
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Origin of neutron
From neutral + -on; by surface analysis, neutr(o)- + -on. Coined by Scottish-Australian physicist William Sutherland in 1899 in a paper in the Philosophical Magazine. Subsequent usage was sporadic and theoretical, sometimes referring to neutrinos rather than neutrons, and the modern sense was reintroduced alongside proton by Ernest Rutherford in 1920.
Words formed from neutron
- anti-neutron
- antineutron
- delayed neutron
- dineutron
- fast-neutron reactor
- free neutron
- multineutron
- neutron activation analysis
- neutron bomb
- neutron capture
- neutron cross section
- neutron-degenerate matter
- neutron diffraction
- neutron drip line
- neutron emission
- neutron flux
- neutron halo
- neutronic
- neutronics
- neutron interferometer
- neutronium
- neutronization
- neutron matter
- neutron moderator
- neutron number
- neutron optics
- neutron poison
- neutron probe
- neutron-rich
- neutron scattering
- neutron spectrometry
- neutron star
- photoneutron
- prompt neutron
- proto-neutron star
- quasineutron
- tetraneutron
- thermal neutron
- trineutron
Phrases with neutron
Questions about neutron
- What does neutron mean?
- Neutron means a subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.
- What is neutron in Hindi?
- Neutron in Hindi is नपुंसणु (napunsṇu). See Neutron meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is neutron?
- Neutron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neutron?
- Neutron is pronounced /ˈn(j)uː.tɹɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of neutron?
- The plural of neutron is neutrons.
Words near neutron in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: neutron (page history and authors); neutron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neutron (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ന്യൂട്രോൺ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); neutron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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