electron-neutrino

American  

[ih-lek-tron-noo-tree-noh, -nyoo-] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn nuˌtri noʊ, -nyu- /

noun

Physics.

plural

electron-neutrinos

1. a type of neutrino that obeys a conservation law together with the electron, with the total number of electrons and electron-neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.

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electron neutrino Scientific  

1. A type of neutrino associated with the electron, often created in particle interactions involving electrons (such as beta decay). The electron neutrino has a mass of less than 4 × 10 ^{- 6} that of an electron.

2. See more at neutrino See Table at subatomic particle

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Example Sentences

The subject of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, neutrinos were seen to exist in three different flavours: the electron-neutrino, the muon-neutrino and the tau-neutrino.

From BBC

But unlike the Dark Knight, neutrinos have three identities rather than two: the electron-neutrino, the muon-neutrino and the tau-neutrino.

From BBC