NEGATRON Definition & Meaning

negatron

/ ˈ��ɛɡəˌ�ٰ�ɒ�� /

noun

an obsolete word for electron

negatron

An electron with a negative charge; the antiparticle of the positron. Most branches of particle physics construe each particle along with its antiparticle to be two different forms of one underlying phenomenon, and the term electron is sometimes used as a precisely such a general term, with positron and negatron referring to the forms of the electron as they are manifested in nature.
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of negatron¹

C20: from _nega ( _tive + _elec ) _tron

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They simply have no tolerance for bureaucrats and negatrons.

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These units are the positron, the negatron, and the neutron.

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Along the top of the negatron was a sighting telescope.

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They wore heavy garments of woven cloth and boots of tanned leather with hard heels and stiff soles, and as they came in, each unbuckled and laid aside a belt with a holstered negatron pistol.

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Ron Val lifted a white face from the sighting 'scope of the negatron.

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negatory Negev

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