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tauon

UK/ˈtaʊɑn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a lepton of very great mass

Origin

From tau + -on, named after the Greek letter ταῦ (taû), the initial letter of Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”), being the third lepton discovered.

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