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negaton Physics.|ˈnɛgətɒn| [f. negative a. + -on1.] = negatron 2.
1928H. D. Hubbard Explanatory Key to Periodic Chart of Atoms 20 The positive atom of electricity, the ‘proton’ is 1845 times heavier than the negative. (Since ‘electron’ is ambiguous, the term ‘positon’ is suggested as more explicit, and ‘negaton’ would avoid ambiguity as the corresponding name for the negative electron.) 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 404/1 The prediction of the possibility under certain conditions of the materialization of radiation quanta into a positon and a negaton. 1955O. Klein in W. Pauli Niels Bohr 115 Assuming..that there are no negaton-positon interaction terms. 1955R. D. Evans Atomic Nucleus xviii. 569 The Sixth General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (Amsterdam, July 8 to 10, 1948) unanimously recommended the use of the terms positon and negaton as a means of distinguishing between positive and negative electrons. However, common usage, as seen in the periodical literature, still tends to retain the ‘r’. |