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nucleon

nucleon

See also: nucléon, nucleón, and núcleon

English

Noun

nucleon ‎(plural nucleons)

One of the subatomic particles of the atomic nucleus, i.e. a proton or a neutron.

Translations

a proton or a neutron

Armenian: նուկլոն (hy) ‎(nuklon)
Basque: nukleoi
Catalan: nucleó (ca) m
Chinese: 核子 (hézǐ)
Czech: nukleon m
Danish: nukleon c
Finnish: nukleoni (fi), ydinhiukkanen
French: nucléon (fr) m
German: Nukleon (de) n
Italian: nucleone (it) m
Japanese: 核子 ‎(かくし, kakushi)

Khmer: នយស្តាណូ ‎(neak yak sta no), នុយក្លេអុង ‎(nuy kle ong)
Korean: 핵자 ‎(核子, haekja)
Polish: nukleon m
Portuguese: nucleão m (Portugal), núcleon (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: nucleon (ro) m
Russian: нукло́н (ru) m ‎(nuklón)
Spanish: nucleón m
Swedish: nukleon (sv) c
Yiddish: נוקלעאָן m ‎(nukleon)

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈny.kleː.ɔn/
Hyphenation: nu‧cle‧on

Etymology

Noun

nucleon n ‎(plural nucleonen)

nucleon

Derived terms

valentienucleon

Venetian

Noun

nucleon m (plural nucleuni)

(physics) nucleon