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nucleon

American  
[noo-klee-on, nyoo-] / ˈnu kliˌɒn, ˈnju- /

noun

Physics.
  1. a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.


nucleon British  
/ ˈnjuːklɪˌɒn /

noun

  1. a proton or neutron, esp one present in an atomic nucleus

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nucleon Scientific  
/ no̅o̅′klē-ŏn′ /
  1. A proton or a neutron, especially as part of an atomic nucleus.


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Etymology

Origin of nucleon

First recorded in 1935–40; nucle(us) + -on 1


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The researchers also found that these results cannot be reproduced without accounting for three nucleon forces.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

The high-speed motion of orbiting sensors increases the coupling between axion halos and nucleon spins, producing a tenfold sensitivity improvement compared with Earth-based dark matter searches.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025

The team's research, published this month in the journal Physical Review Letters, has finally shed the first light on how these nucleon resonances work at their core.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2023

The electrons in that beam slammed into the target's protons, exciting its internal quarks until the proton began to ring like a bell with nucleon resonance.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2023

To help us look at other effects, we divide BE by A and consider the binding energy per nucleon, BE / A .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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