negatron
Americannoun
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negatons
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noun
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An electron with a negative charge; the antiparticle of the positron. Most branches of particle physics construe each particle along with its antiparticle to be two different forms of one underlying phenomenon, and the term electron is sometimes used as a precisely such a general term, with positron and negatron referring to the forms of the electron as they are manifested in nature.
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Etymology
Origin of negatron
C20: from nega ( tive + elec ) tron
Example Sentences
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Ushur, the powerfully built man who had stood at Ron Val's right hand on the negatron, was an archeologist.
From Planet of the Gods by Robert Moore Williams
They wore heavy garments of woven cloth and boots of tanned leather with hard heels and stiff soles, and as they came in, each unbuckled and laid aside a belt with a holstered negatron pistol.
From The Keeper by H. Beam Piper
They had two rifles, one an autoloader, and they had in all likelihood three negatron pistols.
From The Keeper by H. Beam Piper
"If they don't succeed in manning the negatron," Usher pointed out.
From Planet of the Gods by Robert Moore Williams
That the men had negatron pistols meant little—Raud was the Keeper....
From The Keeper by H. Beam Piper
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