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PROTONS

"PROTONS" is a plural of: proton.

Date "PROTONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)


Specialty Definition: PROTONS

DomainDefinition

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PROTONS

English words defined with "PROTONS": atomic numberbevatroncolor force, cosmic ray, cosmotronelectricity, exclusion principleinterstellar mediummagnetic resonance imaging, mass number, MRINMR, nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleon numberPauli exclusion principle, proton accelerator, proton magnetic resonanceQCD, quantum chromodynamicssolar wind, sputter, strong force, strong interaction. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PROTONS": basic solvent, Big Bang Nucleosynthesiscorpuscular cosmic rays, cosmic radiation, cosmic rays, Cytochrome-c Oxidasedirect ionising radiation, direct ionizing radiation, directly ionising particles, directly ionising radiation, directly ionizing particles, directly ionizing radiationElectrical Charge, emission nebulaGROUND-LEVEL EVENTH II region, Helium Nucelosynthesis, HIGH ENERGY EVENT, Hydrogen BurningIon, IonizeMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, MAJORFLARE, MesonsNuclear forces, nuclear isomer, Nuclideodd-odd nucleiParticle Accelerators, polar cap absorption, PROTON FLARE, proton number, Proton Pump, proton storm, Proton/Neutron collision, Proton/Neutron conversion, proton-proton reactionRadiation Beltsolar protons, SynchrotronsVan Allen belt, Van Allen radiation belt. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PROTONS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Nuclei Other Than Protons. (reference)

  • Protons and Muons in Materials Science (reference)

  • Protons, electrons, phosphorylation and active transport (reference)

  • Radiothâerapie aux protons : aspects radiophysiques : colloque d'information : Lausanne, le 29 septembre 1988 (reference)

  • Solid State Phenomena: As Seen by Muons, Protons, and Excited Nuclei (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: PROTONS

Illustrations:
PROTONS

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Photo Album: PROTONS

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: PROTONS

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)99.07%21320,749
Noun (proper)0.93%2245,945
                    Total100.00%215N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PROTONS

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

   

Spanish

  

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: PROTONS

Derivations

Words ending with "PROTONS": antiprotons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "PROTONS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PROTONS" (pronounced prō"tÄ'nz)
5-ō" t Ä' n zphotons.
3-Ä' n zailerons, Amazons, antiphons, axons, crayons, deuterons, echelons, helicons, Hogans, icons, liaisons, marathons, mesons, microns, neons, neutrons, nylons, pentagons, pompons, positrons, pylons.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: PROTONS

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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