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Fermion has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle

2

Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;, (slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
particle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
baryon lepton
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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