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maon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
maon
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.

name

A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

Etymology

From Mao (referring to Mao Zedong) + -on, coined in 1977 by American theoretical physicist Sheldon L. Glashow in remembrance of Mao, who firmly holds that matter is endlessly divisible.

Inflected Forms

maons (plural)

Synonyms

quink haplon rishon subquark prequark

Questions

What does maon mean?
A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.
Where does maon come from?
From Mao (referring to Mao Zedong) + -on, coined in 1977 by American theoretical physicist Sheldon L. Glashow in remembrance of Mao, who firmly holds that matter is endlessly divisible.

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