fermion
noun/ˈfɛrmiɒn/
Frequency rank: #19,684 most common English word
Meaning
A subatomic particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and has half-integer spin, such as an electron, proton, or neutron.
Example sentence
The electron is classified as fermion because it has half-integer spin.
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