Noun: electron
| Singular | electron |
| Plural | electrons |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like electron
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Blend of electric + ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original electrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-, -on.
2. The particle ("corpuscule") was discovered in 1896. The name electrion was proposed for the particle in 1906 but curtailed because Hendrik Lorentz preferred electron.
Verbs referencing "electron"
Finnish Nouns
elektroni, Italian Nouns
elettrone, Spanish Nouns
electrón, Dutch Nouns
elektron, French Nouns
électron, Bulgarian Nouns
електрон, Ukrainian Nouns
електрон, Portuguese Nouns
elétron, Portuguese Nouns
eletrão.