maon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]maon (plural maons)
- (physics, historical) A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.
Noun
[edit]maon f or m (plural maone)
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