conservation of lepton number

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noun Physics.

the principle that the total lepton number remains constant in any process involving elementary particles.

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Words nearby conservation of lepton number

conservation law, conservation of angular momentum, conservation of baryon number, conservation of charge, conservation of energy, conservation of lepton number, conservation of linear momentum, conservation of mass, conservation of momentum, conservation of parity, conservation status

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The number of diplomats was pitiful (45 appointees in 1860), as was the amount of money allocated to them.
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Jett sees this number as a marker of how much the president allows professionals to do the job.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
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Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
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