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Parton
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A placename:; A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9820). countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2750). countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A hamlet (also called Great Parton) in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3148). countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970). countable, uncountable
- 5 A habitational surname from Old English. countable
Noun
- 1 Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons. dated, historical
Etymology
Etymology 1
Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1969, from part + -on.
Etymology 2
From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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