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electron

/ih-lek-tron/US // ɪˈlɛk trɒn //UK // (ɪˈlɛktrɒn) //

电子,电子化,电子化的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10−19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10−31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
    • : Electricity. a unit of charge equal to the charge on one electron.

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  • More about partons — Science News, February 13, 1971Experiments in which protons and neutrons were bombarded with high-energy electrons have given indications that protons and neutrons are not amorphous masses but composed of distinct subparticles.

  • When a photon crossed each molecule, it booted an electron — first from one hydrogen atom, then the other.

  • Measurements made with hydrogen atoms, which have a single electron orbiting a proton, gave us one answer.

  • This part of the sky contains a high density of free ions and electrons, and when the electrons collide with other particles, energy is released as light and elves take form.

  • Examining thin sections of the graft with electron microscopy, he saw that the cells had openings larger than any previously seen.

  • You have the atom, which has the neutron, the electron, the proton.

  • But with an electron micgrograph to illustrate what was fueling the outbreak, they were able to gain the trust of the people.

  • When the gamma rays enter the sleeve, they interact with that photon gas, annihilating into electron-positron pairs.

  • Back in 1897, British physicist J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, which, as of then, was the biggest finding of all time.

  • No one imagined in 1897 what the electron would do, or how it would change humanity.

  • The loss of one electron by an atom leaves a unit positive charge on the particle.

  • The electron is a stress in the ether, nothing more, but it is the stuff of which all matter is made.

  • "I think I am getting somewhere on my photon-neutrino-electron interchange-cycle," he announced.

  • Or there may be an inelastic collision, when the photon hits an atom and knocks out an electron—the old photoelectric effect.

  • The Greek name for amber, ηλεκτρον (electron), is the root from which our word electricity is derived.