| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lep·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: | l p t n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. lep·ta (-t ) See table at currency. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Modern Greek, from Greek, small coin, from neuter of leptos, fine, small. See lepto.
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