lepton

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lepton - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  lepton \lepton\ n. (Physics)
     an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions
     but does not participate in the strong interaction; it has a
     baryon number of 0. Some known leptons are the electron,
     the negative muon, the tau-minus particle, and the
     neutrinos associated with each of these particles.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

lepton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lepton
      n 1: 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece
      2: an elementary particle that participates in weak
         interactions; has a baryon number of 0