inflatino

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Etymology[edit]

inflate +‎ -ino. Change of suffix from -on on the inflaton. From the practice of using -ino suffixes for superpartners of particles under supersymmetry and string theory. Those initial particles usually having the suffix -on.

Noun[edit]

inflatino (plural inflatinos)

  1. (physics) A hypothetical particle, the superpartner of the inflaton.

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