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"PROTONS" is a plural of: proton. |
Date "PROTONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Stable elementary particles having the smallest known positive charge, found in the nuclei of all elements. The proton mass is less than that of a neutron. A proton is the nucleus of the light hydrogen atom, i.e., the hydrogen ion. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | A computer generated image displays focused, positively charged atomic particles. Proton beam therapy uses protons to destroy cancer cells, rather than electrons which are used in traditional radiation therapy. See artwork: GA-17 Horizons of Cancer Research. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | |
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| "PROTONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.07% of the time. "PROTONS" is used about 215 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.07% | 213 | 20,749 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.93% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 215 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "PROTONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | vanddamp indbygges i krystalgitteret i form af protoner og OH -ioner, hvorved koncentrationen af vakancer i krystallen aendres (thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), energistraale af protoner (energy beam of protons). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | waterdamp wordt in de vorm van protonen en oh-ionen in het kristalrooster opgenomen zodat de vacatureconcentratie in het kristal zelf anders wordt (thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), energiebundel van protonen (energy beam of protons). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | hila (grid, grid of an X-ray tube, lattice, raster, thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | la vapeur d'eau s'introduit dans le réseau sous forme de protons et d'ions oh, de sorte que la concentration de lacunes dans le cristal même se trouve modifiée (water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), faisceau énergétique des protons (energy beam of protons). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Protonen. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ο ατμός εισέρχεται στο κρυσταλικό πλέγμα υπό μορφή πρωτονίων και υδροξυλιόντων αλλάζοντας έτσι τη συγκέντρωση των οπών στον κρύσταλο (water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | il vapor acqueo è incorporato nel reticolo sotto forma di protoni e ioni- oh e ne risulta un cambiamento nella concentrazione di vacanze nel cristallo stesso (thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), fascio ad energia dei protoni (energy beam of protons). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | otonspray el vapor de agua es incorporado en el retículo en forma de protones e iones 0H cambiando así la concentración de lagunas en el propio cristal (thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "PROTONS": antiprotons. (additional references) | |
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"PROTONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Perottus, Porthos, Portnov, Portos, portunus, priton, procon, procton, Prodhon, proktos, proons, protane, protin, protogs, protonsil, protron, prottas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PROTONS" (pronounced prō"tÄ'nz) |
| 5 | -ō" t Ä' n z | photons. |
| 3 | -Ä' n z | ailerons, Amazons, antiphons, axons, crayons, deuterons, echelons, helicons, Hogans, icons, liaisons, marathons, mesons, microns, neons, neutrons, nylons, pentagons, pompons, positrons, pylons. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pornos, pronto, proton, troops. | |
-2 letters: poons, porno, porns, ports, proso, prost, roost, roots, rotos, snoop, snoot, snort, sopor, spoon, spoor, sport, stoop, strop, toons, topos, toros, torso, troop. | |
-3 letters: onto, oops, oots, opts, orts, pons, poon, poor, porn, port, post, pots, pros, root, roto, rots, snot, soon, soot, sorn, sort, spot, stop, tons. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: patroons, portions, positron, sorption. | |
+2 letters: copatrons, corposant, hornpouts, moonports, pinkroots, pliotrons, poltroons, positrons, postponer, pronators, sorptions, stonecrop, troponins. | |
+3 letters: absorption, adsorption, anatropous, anisotropy, apportions, corposants, desorption, entoprocts, entropions, footprints, hoofprints, neotropics, nonprofits, nonsupport, operations, personator, portentous, postmodern, postponers, postprison, pourpoints, prenotions, probations, prognostic, promotions, pronations, pronatores, proponents, prorations, protonates, protozoans, protozoons, protrusion, reposition, resorption, stainproof, stonecrops, syncopator, transposon. | |
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