electron

See also: Electron, electrón, électron, and eléctron

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛktɹɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛktɹɑn/

• Audio (US)

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NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• electronic
• electronics
• free electron

TranslationsEdit

the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms

• Afrikaans: elektron
• Albanian: elektroni
• Arabic: إِلَكْتْرُون m ‎(ʾilaktrūn), كُهَيْرِب ‎(kuhayrib)
• Armenian: էլեկտրոն (hy) ‎(ēlektron)
• Asturian: electrón m
• Basque: elektroi (eu)
• Belarusian: электрон m ‎(elektrón)
• Bengali: ইলেকট্রন (bn) ‎(ilekôṭrôn)
• Breton: elektron collective noun elektronenn sg f
• Bulgarian: електрон (bg) m ‎(elektron)
• Catalan: electró (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

  Min Nan: 電子 (zh-min-nan) ‎(tiān-chú)

• Czech: elektron (cs) m
• Danish: elektron (da) c
• Dutch: elektron (nl) n
• Esperanto: elektrono (eo)
• Estonian: elektron (et)
• Finnish: elektroni (fi)
• French: électron (fr) m
• Galician: electrón (gl)
• Georgian: ელექტრონი ‎(elekṭroni)
• German: Elektron (de) n
• Greek: ηλεκτρόνιο (el) n ‎(ilektrónio)
• Gujarati: વીજાણુ (gu) ‎(vījāṇu)
• Hawaiian: huna ʻine
• Hebrew: אלקטרון (he)
• Hindi: विद्युदणु ‎(vidyudaṇu)
• Hungarian: elektron (hu)
• Icelandic: rafeind (is) f
• Ido: elektrono (io)

• Interlingua: electron
• Irish: leictreon m
• Italian: elettrone (it) m
• Japanese: 電子 (ja) ‎(でんし, denshi)
• Kannada: ಋಣವಿದ್ಯುತ್ಕಣ ‎(r̥ṇavidyutkaṇa)
• Khmer: អស្យាណូ (km) ‎(’a’syaanou), អេឡិចត្រុង (km) ‎(eelɨchtrong)
• Korean: 전자 (ko) ‎(jeonja) (電子 (ko))
• Kurdish: kareva
• Latvian: elektrons (lv) m
• Lithuanian: elektronas
• Malay: elektron
• Maori: irahiko
• Norwegian: elektron (no)
• Persian: الکترون (fa) ‎(elektron)
• Polish: elektron (pl) m
• Portuguese: electrão (pt) m, (Brazil) elétron (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲਾਣੂ ‎(bijalāṇū)
• Quechua: iliktrun
• Romanian: electron (ro) m
• Russian: электро́н (ru) m ‎(elektrón)
• Serbo-Croatian: elektron (sh) m
• Slovak: elektrón (sk)
• Slovene: elektron (sl)
• Spanish: electrón (es) m
• Swedish: elektron (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagisik
• Tamil: எதிர்மின்னி (ta) ‎(etirmiṉṉi)
• Thai: อิเล็กตรอน (th)
• Turkish: elektron (tr)
• Ukrainian: електрон m ‎(elektrón)
• Vietnamese: điện tử (vi) (電子)
• Wolof: mbëjfepp
• Yiddish: עלעקטראָן m ‎(elektron)
• Yoruba: atanná

an alloy

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

• Polish: elektron (pl) m

Coordinate termsEdit

• neutron
• proton
• Electron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

electron ‎(plural electrones)

1. electron

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RomanianEdit

NounEdit

electron m ‎(plural electroni)

1. electron