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proton

[proh-ton] / ˈproʊ tɒn /
NOUN
positive charged particle
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He completed nine rounds of chemotherapy and proton beam radiation.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Biasin noted that the experiment could not directly observe the proton itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The results show that local changes in electronic structure occur alongside a broader rearrangement of the surrounding water network as the molecule gains a proton.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

That makes it possible to investigate structures even smaller than a proton.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Such a triplet constitutes a proton or a neutron.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

When electrons and protons move in a coordinated way, molecules can avoid intermediate steps that would otherwise require more energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

This primordial material existed for only a few millionths of a second before cooling rapidly, allowing quarks and gluons to combine into protons, neutrons, and other particles found throughout the universe today.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Those calculations were critical for interpreting the complex X-ray signals and uncovering the underlying behavior of the electrons and protons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Although quarks are commonly described as the fundamental pieces of protons and neutrons, much of the mass of ordinary matter comes from the energy associated with gluons and the strong force.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

At the time that Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow wrote their paper, not much was known about the nuclear reactions of protons and neutrons.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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