FERMION


Meaning of FERMION in English

[ 'fə:mɪɒn ]

■ noun Physics a subatomic particle, such as a nucleon, which has half-integral spin.

Origin

1940s: named after the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi + -on .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.