parton

See also: Parton and párton

English

Etymology

Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1969, from part +‎ -on.

Noun

parton (plural partons)

1. (physics, dated or historical) Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.

Derived terms

• antiparton
• multiparton
• partonic
• quasiparton

 

Anagrams

• patron, protan, tarpon

Esperanto

Noun

parton

1. accusative singular of parto

Hungarian

Etymology

part (“shore, bank”) +‎ -on (case suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrton]
• Hyphenation: par‧ton

Noun

parton

1. superessive singular of part