electron
noun/ɪˈlɛktrɒn/
Frequency rank: #5,230 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a subatomic particle with a negative electric charge, found in all atoms
Example sentence
Scientists discovered that each electron carries negative electric charge.
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