PROTON

proton

(noun) a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

proton (plural protons)

(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.

Synonyms

• p (symbolic)

Hypernyms

• baryon

• nucleon

Coordinate terms

• neutron

• electron

• deuteron

• triton

Anagrams

• Porton, pronto

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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