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• electron-neutrino
  electron-neutrino

  noun

  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.
• electron neutrino
  electron neutrino

  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.

electron-neutrino

American  

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

noun

Physics.

electron-neutrinos plural

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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• electron-neutrinos
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