preon

See also: préon

English

Etymology

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

Noun

preon (plural preons)

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

Translations

particle

• Catalan: preó m
• Finnish: preoni

See also

• spreon
• subquark

Anagrams

• Peron, prone