Neutron

/ˈnu.tɹɑn/

Synonyms for "neutron" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

alpha particleantibaryonantileptonantimesonatomic nucleusatomic particlebaryonbeta particle

Strong matches (12)

Noun(2 words)
free neutronneutral baryon

Related words (19)

nuclear magnetic resonancenuclear particlenuclear resonancenucleonnucleosynthesisnucleusparticlephotonpionprotonquarkstrangenessstrong interactiontritonvalence electron
Noun(4 words)
nucleonunbound neutronunbound nucleonuncharged nucleon

Related word relations

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More general

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baryonhadronnuclear particlenucleonsubatomic particle

More specific

3 entries
bound neutronfast neutronthermal neutron

Collocations

6 entries
fast neutronneutron beamneutron fluxneutron scatteringneutron starthermal neutron

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

8 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A star that is 1.5 to 4 times larger than our Sun will become a neutron star. Stars that are even bigger than that will become black holes.

Source: tatoeba (3957825)

Neutron stars spin rapidly giving off radio waves. If the radio waves appear to be emitted in pulses (due to the star's spin), these neutron stars are called pulsars.

Source: tatoeba (3957826)

These stellar deaths can leave behind neutron stars, which pack more mass than our Sun into a sphere roughly as wide as the island of Manhattan is long.

Source: tatoeba (8702827)

Supernovas can leave behind neutron stars, which pack more mass than our Sun into a sphere roughly as wide as the island of Manhattan is long.

Source: tatoeba (8702828)

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