proton
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.
Related words
- protonics
- protonize
- protonography
- protonolysis
- protonosphere
- protophobic
- triproton
- antiproton
- diproton
- interproton
- nonproton
- photoproton
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