Etymology

slepton

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Today it means: A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton whose existence is implied by supersymmetry. Full definition →

English lepton ← Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón)
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  1. Englishs-
  2. Ancient Greekλεπτόν (leptón)
  3. Englishlepton
  4. English todayslepton

From s- + lepton.

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