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helion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
he-lion
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any helium ion, the nucleus of any helium atom.

noun

Any helium ion, the nucleus of any helium atom.

noun

A meteoroid that arrives from the approximate direction of the Sun.

Etymology

From helium + -on.

Inflected Forms

helions (plural)

Derived Forms

antihelion

Frequently Paired Words

mul:h alpha particle proton deuteron triton

Antonyms

antihelion

Questions

What does helion mean?
Any helium ion, the nucleus of any helium atom.
Where does helion come from?
From helium + -on.

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