Element
electron Audio
e·lec·tron [ ih-lek-tron ]
Subclass of:
Elementary Particles
Definitions related to electrons:
  • A fundamental particle with a negative charge.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Stable elementary particles having the smallest known negative charge, present in all elements; also called negatrons. Positively charged electrons are called positrons. The numbers, energies and arrangement of electrons around atomic nuclei determine the chemical identities of elements. Beams of electrons are called CATHODE RAYS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
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