preon
The English word “preon” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.
Etymology
From pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.
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