negatron

/ ˈnɛɡəˌtrɒn /

noun

1. an obsolete word for electron

negatron

/ nĕg′ə-trŏn′ /

1. An electron with a negative charge; the antiparticle of the positron . Most branches of particle physics construe each particle along with its antiparticle to be two different forms of one underlying phenomenon, and the term electron is sometimes used as a precisely such a general term, with positron and negatron referring to the forms of the electron as they are manifested in nature.
2. See more at electron

Word History and Origins

Origin of negatron¹

C20: from nega ( tive + elec ) tron

Example Sentences

They simply have no tolerance for bureaucrats and negatrons.

From Time

These units are the positron, the negatron, and the neutron.

From Project Gutenberg

Along the top of the negatron was a sighting telescope.

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They wore heavy garments of woven cloth and boots of tanned leather with hard heels and stiff soles, and as they came in, each unbuckled and laid aside a belt with a holstered negatron pistol.

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Ron Val lifted a white face from the sighting 'scope of the negatron.

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