electron
/ɪˈlɛk.tɹɒn/ · noun
Meaning
- The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
- Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron⁽ᵈᵉ⁾.
Etymology / origin
Blend of electric + ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original electrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-, -on. The particle ("corpuscule") was discovered in 1896. The name electrion was proposed for the particle in 1906 but curtailed because Hendrik Lorentz preferred electron.
Related words
إلكترون(Arabic)ইলেকট্রন(Bengali)електрон(Bulgarian)အီလက်ထရွန်(Burmese)elektron(Cornish)elektron(Czech)elektron(Dutch)elektroni(Finnish)électron(French)विद्युदणु(Hindi)elektron(Indonesian)elettrone(Italian)электрон(Kazakh)elektron(Malay)ഇലക്ട്രോൺ(Malayalam)الکترون(Persian)eletrão(Portuguese)elétron(Portuguese)elektroni(Swahili)อิเล็กตรอน(Thai)електрон(Ukrainian)
Descendant words
- إلكترون(Arabic) (bor)
- ইলেকট্রন(Bengali) (bor)
- електрон(Bulgarian) (bor)
- အီလက်ထရွန်(Burmese) (bor)
- elektron(Cornish) (bor)
- elektron(Czech) (bor)
- elektron(Dutch) (bor)
- elektroni(Finnish) (bor)
- électron(French) (bor)
- विद्युदणु(Hindi) (calque)
- elektron(Indonesian) (der)
- elettrone(Italian) (bor)
- электрон(Kazakh) (der)
- elektron(Malay) (der)
- ഇലക്ട്രോൺ(Malayalam) (bor)
- الکترون(Persian) (der)
- eletrão(Portuguese) (bor)
- elétron(Portuguese) (bor)
- elektroni(Swahili) (bor)
- อิเล็กตรอน(Thai) (bor)
- електрон(Ukrainian) (der)
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