positive electron
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of positive electron
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Dr. Anderson called his discovery the positive electron, or positron.
From Time Magazine Archive
His pioneer positive electron photograph has become historic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Experimental physicists have hung on his hunches ever since his blueprint of the positive electron pointed the way to its discovery in 1932.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boyish, modest Dr. Anderson discovered the positive electron in 1932 and is now a Nobel Prizeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result of their bombardments of boron and other light elements by alpha rays, moreover, had led them to propose that the proton was composed of a neutron and a positive electron, or positron.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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