negatron

neg·a·tron  (ng-trn)

n.

An electron with a negative charge, as contrasted with a positron.

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[nega(tive) + (elec)tron.]

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negatron [ˈnɛgəˌtrɒn]

n

(Physics / Atomic Physics) an obsolete word for electron

[from nega(tive + elec)tron]

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negatron  (ng-trn)

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. See more at electron.

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Noun

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negatron - an elementary particle with negative charge electron delta ray - an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation free electron - electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field lepton - an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 photoelectron - an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon valence electron - an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules