preon

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Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.

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preon (plural preons)

  1. (physics) A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.

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