parton
parton noun: any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.
Noun
parton (plural partons)
Proper noun capitalized: Parton
Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)
- A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9820).
- A hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2750).
- A hamlet (also called Great Parton) in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3148).
- A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
parton meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
parton in Hindi
- पार्टन, पार्टोन
parton in Marathi
- पार्टन, पार्टॉन
parton in Urdu
- پارٹون
parton in Bengali
- পার্টন
More languagesFewer languages
- parton in Telugu
- పార్టన్, పార్టోన్, పార్టాన్
- parton in Malayalam
- പാർട്ടൺ, പാർട്ടോൺ, പാർട്ടൻ
- parton in Kannada
- ಪಾರ್ಟನ್, ಪಾರ್ಟೋನ್, ಪಾರ್ಟಾನ್
- parton in Punjabi
- ਪਾਰਟਨ, ਪਾਰਟੌਨ, ਪਾਰਟਨਨ
- parton in Gujarati
- પાર્ટન, પાર્ટોન
- parton in Odia
- ପାର୍ଟନ୍, ପାର୍ଟନ
- parton in Nepali
- पार्टोन
Forms of parton
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | partons |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Partons |
Origin of parton
Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1969, from part + -on.
From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words formed from parton
- antiparton
- multiparton
- partonic
- quasiparton
Phrases with parton
Questions about parton
- What does parton mean?
- Parton means any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.
- What is parton in Hindi?
- Parton in Hindi is पार्टन, पार्टोन. See Parton meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is parton?
- Parton can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of parton?
- The plural of parton is partons.
Words near parton in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parton (page history and authors); Parton (page history and authors); parton (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parton (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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