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Lepton has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece

2

an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0

3

A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).

4

An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Greek monetary unit elementary particle fermion
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
electron muon neutrino tauon
Rhyming Words
ton eton ston niton piton anton riton luton jeton myton eaton seton axton upton eston orton auton moton baton acton
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