electron

See also: Electron, electrón, électron, and eléctron

English

Alternative forms

• electrion (dated)

Etymology

Blend of electric +‎ ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original electrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-, -on. The particle ("corpuscule") was discovered in 1896. The name electrion was proposed for the particle in 1906 but curtailed because Hendrik Lorentz preferred electron.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɑn/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

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.

   Comeronyms: proton, neutron

   Holonym: atom

2. (chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.

Synonyms

• (particle): negatron (obsolete)

Coordinate terms

• holon
• neutron
• orbiton
• proton
• positron
• spinon

Derived terms

• antielectron
• coelectron
• cryo-electron microscopy
• cryo-transmission electron microscopy
• dielectron
• electride
• electrino
• electron affinity
• electronation
• electron capture
• electron capture detector
• electron carrier
• electron cloud
• electron configuration
• electron cryomicroscopy
• electron density
• electron donor
• electron gun
• electron hole
• electronlike
• electron micrograph
• electron microscope
• electron microscopy
• electron neutrino
• electron number
• electron pair
• electron shell
• electron spin resonance
• electron transfer reaction
• electron tube
• electron volt
• electron wave function
• free electron
• immunogold electron microscopy
• interelectron
• monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
• multielectron
• photoelectron
• quasielectron
• scanning electron microscope
• scanning transmission electron microscope
• selectron
• surface-conduction electron-emitter display
• three-center two-electron bond
• transmission electron diffraction
• transmission electron microscope
• transmission electron microscopy
• unpaired electron
• valence electron

 

Related terms

• electronic
• electronics

Translations

the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms

• Afrikaans: elektron (af)
• Albanian: elektroni
• Arabic: إِلَكْتْرُون‎ m (ʾilaktrūn), كُهَيْرِب‎ (kuhayrib) (rare)
• Armenian: էլեկտրոն (hy) (ēlektron)
• Asturian: electrón m
• Basque: elektroi (eu)
• Belarusian: электро́н m (eljektrón)
• Bengali: ইলেকট্রন (bn) (ilekôṭrôn)
• Breton: elektron (br) f pl (collective), elektronenn (br) f sg
• 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 (vidyudṇu)
• 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 (ṛṇavidyutkaṇa)
• Khmer: អសន្យាណូ (ʼaʼsɑnyaanou), អេឡិចត្រុង (km) (ʼeeləctrong)
• Korean: 전자(電子) (ko) (jeonja)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kareva

• Latvian: elektrons m
• Lithuanian: elektronas
• Malay: elektron (ms)
• Maori: irahiko
• Norwegian: elektron (no)
• Occitan: electron (oc) m
• Persian: الکترون‎ (fa) (elektron)
• Polish: elektron (pl) m
• Portuguese: eletrão (pt) m (Portugal), elétron (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲਾਣੂ (bijlāṇū)
• 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) (ì-lék-dtrɔn)
• Tibetan: གློག་རྡུལ (glog rdul)
• Turkish: elektron (tr)
• Ukrainian: електро́н 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

Anagrams

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Interlingua

Noun

electron (plural electrones)

1. electron

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Noun

electron m (plural electrons)

1. electron

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Romanian

Etymology

From French électron.

Noun

electron m (plural electroni)

1. electron

Declension

Declension of electron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) electron	electronul	(niște) electroni	electronii
genitive/dative	(unui) electron	electronului	(unor) electroni	electronilor
vocative	electronule		electronilor

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• e léc trông
• ê léc trông

Etymology

From French électron.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ lɛk̚˧˦ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔe˧˧ lɛk̚˧˦ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ lɛk̚˦˧˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔej˧˧ lɛk̚˦˧˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ lɛk̚˦˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔej˧˧ lɛk̚˦˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic: e léc trông, ê léc trông

Noun

electron

1. (physics) electron

   Synonym: điện tử