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  lepton1 leptosome  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
lepton2
 
SYLLABICATION:lep·ton
PRONUNCIATION:  lptn
NOUN: Any of a family of elementary particles that participate in the weak interaction, including the electron, the muon, and their associated neutrinos. See table at subatomic particle.
ETYMOLOGY: lepto– + –on1.
OTHER FORMS:lep·tonic (-tnk) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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