Meanings
plural positrons
- particlenatural sciencesThe antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.
The notion of a positron weapon remains the stuff of science fiction.
1 more example
If these particles carry unit positive charge the curvatures and ionizations produced require the mass to be less than twenty times the electron mass. These particles will be called positrons.
[1933 March 15, Carl D. Anderson, “The Positive Electron”, in Physical Review, volume 43Synonyms: antielectron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From positive + -tron (electron). Coined by American physicist Carl Anderson in 1932 to replace the earlier term antielectron.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُوزِيتْرُون
- بُوزِيتْرُون (buzitrūn)positron
Basque positroi
- positroipositron
Bengali পজিট্রন
- পজিট্রন (pojiṭron)positron
Brazilian Portuguese pósitron
- pósitronpositron
Bulgarian позитро́н
- позитро́н (pozitrón)positron
Catalan positró, positó
- positrópositron
- positópositron
Chinese Mandarin 正電子 /正电子, 陽電子 /阳电子
- 正電子 /正电子 (zhèngdiànzǐ)positron
- 陽電子 /阳电子 (yángdiànzǐ)positron
- 正子 (zhèngzǐ)positron
Czech pozitron
- pozitronpositron
Dutch positron
- positronpositron
Esperanto pozitrono
- pozitronopositron
European Portuguese positrão
- positrãopositron
Finnish positroni
- positronipositron
French positron, positon
- positronpositron
- positonpositron
German Positron
- Positronpositron
Greek ποζιτρόνιο
- ποζιτρόνιο (pozitrónio)positron
Hebrew פּוֹזִיטְרוֹן
- פּוֹזִיטְרוֹן (pozitrón)positron
Hindi धनाणु
- धनाणु (dhanāṇu)positron
Hungarian pozitron
- pozitronpositron
Icelandic jáeind
- jáeindpositron
Irish posatrón
- posatrónpositron
Italian positrone
- positronepositron
Japanese 陽電子, ポジトロン
- 陽電子 (yōdenshi)positron
- ポジトロン (pojitoron)positron
Korean 양전자
- 양전자 (yangjeonja)positron
Latvian pozitrons
- pozitronspositron
Lithuanian pozitronas
- pozitronaspositron
Norwegian Bokmål positron
- positronpositron
Persian پوزیترون
- پوزیترون (pozitrôn)positron
Polish pozyton
- pozytonpositron
Romanian pozitron
- pozitronpositron
Russian позитро́н
- позитро́н (pozitrón)positron
Spanish positrón
- positrónpositron
Swedish positron
- positronpositron
Tagalog tahasik
- tahasikpositron
Thai โพซิตรอน
- โพซิตรอน (poo-sí-dtrɔn)positron
Turkish pozitron
- pozitronpositron
Ukrainian позитро́н
- позитро́н (pozytrón)positron
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Cite this entry
positron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/positron
“positron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/positron. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “positron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/positron.
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