preon
/ˈpriːɒn/ /ˈpriːən/Particle Physics
noun
A hypothetical particle postulated as a constituent of quarks and leptons.
- Prequark was a slightly earlier name, but has been more or less superseded by preon..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Nigel Calder (b. 1931). From pre- + -on.
- compositional
- compositionally
- compositor
- compos mentis
- compossible
- compost
- compostable
- compost bin
- composter
- compost heap
- compost pile
- composure
- compote
- compotus
- compound
- compoundable
- compound body
- compound-complex sentence
- compound duple
- compounder
- compound eye
- compound fraction
- compound fracture
- compound interval
- compound leaf