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nucleon

/ˈn(j)uːkliɒn/

nucleon noun: a proton (uud) or a neutron (udd).

Noun

nucleon (plural nucleons)

  1. A proton (uud) or a neutron (udd).

nucleon meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

nucleon in Tamil

அணுக்கருத் துகள், நியூக்கிலியான், நியூக்ளியான், அணுக்கருத்துகள், கரு உட்துகள்

nucleon in Malayalam

അണുകേന്ദ്രകണം

Forms of nucleon

pluralnucleons
alternative form (obsolete)nucleone

Origin of nucleon

From nucleus + -on.

Words formed from nucleon

Phrases with nucleon

Questions about nucleon

What does nucleon mean?
Nucleon means a proton (uud) or a neutron (udd).
What is nucleon in Tamil?
Nucleon in Tamil is அணுக்கருத் துகள், நியூக்கிலியான், நியூக்ளியான். See Nucleon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nucleon?
Nucleon is a noun.
How do you pronounce nucleon?
Nucleon is pronounced /ˈn(j)uːkliɒn/.
What is the plural of nucleon?
The plural of nucleon is nucleons.

Words near nucleon in the dictionary

  1. nucleomituphobia
  2. nucleomodulin
  3. nucleomodulins
  4. nucleomorph
  5. nucleomorphs
  6. nucleon
  7. nucleon number
  8. nucleon numbers
  9. nucleone
  10. nucleones
  11. nucleonic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nucleon (page history and authors); nucleon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nucleon (Malayalam 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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