electron

Questions about electron

What does electron mean?

electron means "an elementary particle with negative charge".

How many syllables are in electron?

electron has 3 syllables: el-ec-tron. The stress falls on "ec". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈlɛktɹɑn/.

What is another word for electron?

Close synonyms include negatron. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electron a common word?

electron is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.