LEPTON


Meaning of LEPTON in English

1. n. (pl. lepta) a Greek coin worth one-hundredth of a drachma.

Etymology: Gk lepton (nomisma coin) neut. of leptos small 2. n. (pl. leptons) Physics any of a class of elementary particles which do not undergo strong interaction, e.g. an electron, muon, or neutrino.

Etymology: LEPTO- + -ON

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.