See also: Parton and párton

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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Esperanto

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parton

  1. accusative singular of parto

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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parton

  1. superessive singular of part