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lepton

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lepton.

Editorial note

If the neutrinos have enough energy, then they can just produce a lepton-anti-lepton pair.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lepton gathered in one view.

noun

A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

noun

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).

noun

(particle physics) 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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lepton.

noun

A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

noun

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).

noun

(particle physics) 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.

Example sentences

1

If the neutrinos have enough energy, then they can just produce a lepton-anti-lepton pair.

2

Also hoping to try Flir Lepton thermal camera too, but Flir are probably waterlogged with emails.

3

Z bosons decay into a lepton (electron, muon, or tau particle) and its anti-particle.

4

All lepton/quarks observed have half half-integer spin so there are no examples there.

5

So at the vertex a (electron) neutrino can couple to a W+ and a e-, since the lepton number of the neutrino is 1 and the reaction products do not have a total charge.

6

No Java is like a Lepton and Rails is like a Neutrino.

7

No derivation of quark/lepton mass ratios (currently only predicts Yukawa hierarchy pattern).

8

Well, there is charge conservation as well as lepton number conservation.

9

If anyone can send me a sample of the Lepton camera module so I can connect it to my microquad, that would be awesome.

10

But I find it odd that the neutrino which doesn't participate in electromagnetic force can make a charged particle (the lepton or the W).

11

They annihilate to create a lepton pair.

12

Energy/mass, charge, lepton number, baryon number, etc, all of these things are conserved.

Quote examples

1

>I mean, @lepton literally wrote this: "Maybe part of their agreement is to not implement some features because it would compete with Chrome" about Firefox.

2

"Lepton number" or "mass eigenstate" are unfamiliar terms, but at least they don't mislead the reader into imagining that leptons have shapes.

3

> by smearing critics as "conspiracy theorists" I mean, @lepton literally wrote this: "Maybe part of their agreement is to not implement some features because it would compete with Chrome" about Firefox.

4

The persistent discrepancy between the proton charge radius measured from muonic hydrogen ($r_p \approx 0.84 \text{ fm}$) and electronic hydrogen ($r_p \approx 0.88 \text{ fm}$)—the "proton radius puzzle"—suggests a potential violation of lepton universality or an incomplete understanding of vacuum structure at short distances.

Proper noun examples

1

Lepton-antilepton colliders are what you really want to do precision science; protons are only used because they're energetically advantageous.

2

Yep that's true actually, I forgot about the Lepton.

3

*Lepton universality violations*: knot’s projection operator may induce small, computable differences between e, μ, τ couplings.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lepton in a sentence?

If the neutrinos have enough energy, then they can just produce a lepton-anti-lepton pair.

What does lepton mean?

A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

What part of speech is lepton?

lepton is commonly used as noun.