preon

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preon

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

noun preons

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

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@misc{preon_2026,
  title = {preon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}