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Webster 1913 Edition


Electron

E-lec′tron

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
῎ηλεκτρον
. See
Electric
.]
1.
Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called
electrum
.
[archaic]

Webster 1828 Edition


Electron

ELEC'TRON

,
Noun.
Amber; also, a mixture of gold with a fifth part of silver.

Definition 2024


électron

électron

French

Noun

électron m (plural électrons)

  1. (physics) electron (the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms)

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