electron

See also Electron, electrón, and électron

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From electr(ic) + (i)on, originally proposed as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-,-on.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪˈlɛktɹɒn/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɪˈlɛktɹɑn/

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Noun

electron (plural electrons)

1. (physics) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.

Related terms

• electronic
• electronics

Translations

the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms

• Afrikaans: elektron
• Albanian: elektroni (sq)
• Arabic: إلكترون (ar) (ilaktruun) m
• Armenian: էլեկտրոն (hy) (ēlektron)
• Basque: elektroi
• Belarusian: электрон (be) (elektrón) m
• Bengali: ইলেকট্রন (bn)
• Breton: elektron collective noun elektronenn sg f
• Bulgarian: електрон (bg) (elektron) m
• Catalan: electró m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子 (cmn), 电子 (cmn) (diànzǐ)

• Czech: elektron (cs) m
• Danish: elektron (da)
• Dutch: elektron (nl) n
• Esperanto: elektrono (eo)
• Estonian: elektron (et)
• Finnish: elektroni (fi)
• French: électron (fr) m
• Galician: electrón
• Georgian: ელექტრონი (ka) (elek’troni)
• German: Elektron (de) n
• Greek: ηλεκτρόνιο (el) (ilektrónio) n
• Hebrew: אלקטרון (he)
• Hungarian: elektron (hu)

• Icelandic: rafeind (is) f
• Ido: e-lektrono (io)
• Interlingua: electron
• Irish: leictreon (ga) m
• Italian: elettrone (it) m
• Japanese: 電子 (ja) (でんし, denshi)
• Khmer: អស្យាណូ (km) (’a’syaanou), អេឡិចត្រុង (km) (eelɨchtrong)
• Korean: 전자 (ko) (jeonja) (電子 (ko))
• Latvian: elektrons m
• Lithuanian: elektronas
• Malay: elektron (ms)
• Norwegian: elektron (no)
• Persian: الکترون (fa) (elektron)
• Polish: elektron (pl) m
• Portuguese: electrão (pt) m, (Brazil) elétron (pt) m
• Romanian: electron (ro) m
• Russian: электрон (ru) (elektrón) m
• Serbo-Croatian: elektron (sh) m
• Slovak: elektrón (sk)
• Slovene: elektron (sl)
• Spanish: electrón (es) m
• Swedish: elektron (sv) c
• Turkish: elektron (tr)
• Ukrainian: електрон (uk) (elektrón) m
• Vietnamese: điện tử (vi) (電子 (vi))

an alloy

• Japanese: エレクトロン (ja) (erekutoron), マグネシウム合金 (ja) (maguneshiumu gōkin)

• Polish: elektron (pl) m

See also

• neutron
• proton
• Electron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Interlingua

Noun

electron (plural electrones)

1. electron

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Romanian

Noun

electron m (plural electroni)

1. electron