nucleon

See also: nucléon, nucleón, and núcleon

English

Etymology

nucleus +‎ -on

Noun

nucleon (plural nucleons)

1. One of the subatomic particles of the atomic nucleus, i.e. a proton or a neutron.
   • 2018, Borissov Guennadi, Story Of Antimatter, The: Matter's Vanished Twin, →ISBN, page 91:

     After several launches of their balloon, the scientists registered more than 40 million nuclei of helium in the cosmic rays, but not a single nucleon of antihelium.

Derived terms

• antinucleon
• dinucleon
• internucleon
• multinucleon
• nucleonic
• nucleonics
• nucleon number
• nucleon number
• trinucleon

 

Translations

a proton or a neutron

• Armenian: նուկլոն (hy) (nuklon)
• Basque: nukleoi
• Catalan: nucleó (ca) m
• Chinese: 核子 (hézǐ)
• Czech: nukleon m
• Danish: nukleon c
• Finnish: nukleoni (fi), ydinhiukkanen
• French: nucléon (fr) m
• German: Nukleon (de) n
• Italian: nucleone (it) m
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• Japanese: 核子 (かくし, kakushi)
• Khmer: នយស្តាណូ (neak yak sta no), នុយក្លេអុង (nuy kle ong)
• Korean: 핵자 (核子, haekja)
• Polish: nukleon m
• Portuguese: nucleão m (Portugal), núcleon (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: nucleon (ro) m
• Russian: нукло́н (ru) m (nuklón)
• Spanish: nucleón m
• Swedish: nukleon (sv) c
• Yiddish: נוקלעאָן m (nukleon)

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Dutch

Etymology

From nucleus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈny.kleː.ɔn/

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• Hyphenation: nu‧cle‧on

Noun

nucleon n (plural nucleonen)

1. nucleon

Derived terms

• valentienucleon

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Venetian

Noun

nucleon m (plural nucleuni)

1. (physics) nucleon