tauon
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tauon
- /ˈtaʊɑn/
Where it comes from
From tau + -on, named after the Greek letter ταῦ (taû), the initial letter of Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”), being the third lepton discovered.
noun tauons
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An unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos.
Similar: tau, tau lepton, tau particle
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Talk about this word "tauon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tauon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tauon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tauon "tauon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tauon.Cite this
@misc{tauon_2026,
title = {tauon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tauon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
