Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An electrically neutral subatomic particle in the baryon family, having a mass 1,839 times that of the electron, stable when bound in an atomic nucleus, and having a mean lifetime of approximately 1.0 × 103 seconds as a free particle. It and the proton form nearly the entire mass of atomic nuclei. See Table at subatomic particle.
Wiktionary
- n. physics A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks
WordNet 3.0
- n. an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
Etymologies
- neutr(al) + -on1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Cosmo – A long-term neutron measurement project, under the tutelage of the late Dr. Jack Lockwood and Dr. Jim Ryan of UNH's Physics Department, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space.”
“Apart from any surface contamination of the plant, the remaining radioactivity comes from "activation products" such as steel components that have been exposed to long-term neutron irradiation.”
“There were many problems in neutron diffusion such as finding the critical mass that required more careful formulations than had been carried out in the earliest projections.”
“USEEM: With the name neutron Jack, as in a neutron bomb, buildings are left standing but the people are gone.”
“About half of them found their careers in neutron scattering.”
“During a hectic period between 1955 and 1960 Brockhouse's pioneering work was without parallel within neutron spectroscopy.”
“With the crystal set at a suitable angle, a certain neutron wavelength can be selected.”
“On the other hand, if a neutron is emitted the product of the reaction is not a known atom.”
“The neutron is a heavy particle without any electric charge and of the same weight as the nucleus of an atom of hydrogen.”
“The existence of the neutron is however only a recent discovery.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘neutron’.
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A _____ walks into a bar...
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GRE AWA
escalating, vehement, vehemence, hostility, paparazzi, regime, irrespective, scoop, exaggerated, overblown, unfetter, scrupulous and 272 more...
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Particularly Interesting
Particles, particles, particles!
atom, molecule, neutron, proton, electron, quark, boson, fermion, antiquark, hadron, lepton, antilepton and 123 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Speaking in Tongues - an REM list
Words heard in various REM songs that I enjoy and that I think are indicative of the band. Not too literally, of course.
pilgrimage, pageant, suspicion, penitence, gentlemen, chronic, stigma, deadlier, transit, fortunate, momentum, misconstrued and 162 more...
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nfk9595's Words
magnetohydrodynamics, bovine, epistle, gargantuan, kerfuffle, verbiage, morose, coup de main, elan, achtung, uber, verboten and 497 more...
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Rhymeless.
From wikipedia: "The following is a list of English words without rhymes, i.e. a list of words in the English language which rhyme with no other English words in the sense that they are pronounced ...
almond, angry, angst, anxious, aspirin, bachelor, breadth, bulb, bulbous, calumny, cannabis, caveat and 49 more...
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lilliput
ladybug, papermite, silverfish, mote, miniscule, micro, protozoa, fragment, ion, proton, neutrino, neutron and 18 more...
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tales from another world
words with that sci-fi flavor.
nexus, crux, vortex, morph, flux, quantum, quasar, polarity, paradox, nebulae, node, event horizon and 18 more...
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the corners of the universe
axis, parse, solstice, equinox, neutron, proton, electron, carboxyl, carbon, lithium, trigonal planar, quark and 1 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for neutron.
plethora Hee! The Chem student in me loves these! Apr 8, 2008
reesetee Haha! Cracks me up every time.
An atom walks into a bar. "Hey, why so glum?" asks the bartender. "I think my electron left me," Atom says.
"Are you sure?" says the bartender.
"Yes. I'm positive." Apr 8, 2008
pterodactyl A neutron walks into a bar and says "Hey, how much for a beer?"
The bartender replies "For you, no charge." Apr 7, 2008