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Topic: PHYSICS

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: electro- + -on (as in ion)

electron

 noun
     
e‧lec‧tron [countable]
HP a very small piece of matter with a negative electrical charge that moves around the nucleus (=central part) of an atom [↪ proton, neutron]
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