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A small particle with a negative charge that is found in all atoms. Streams of electrons made by special equipment can be used for radiation treatment.
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A particle with a single negative charge; one or more electrons orbit the nucleus of the atom.
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A fundamental consituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 176 462 × 10-19 coulombs ± 0.000 000 063 × 10-19 coulombs and a mass of 9.109 381 88 × 10-31 kg ± 0.000 000 72 × 10-31 kg [1998 CO [..]
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Elementary particle with a negative electrical elementary charge and a rest mass of 9.1094 · 10-31kg (corresponding to a self-energy of 511 keV). This is 1/1836 of the proton mass. Electrons surround [..]
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A fundamental unit of matter, negatively charged and disposed in a cloud surrounding the nucleus of an atom.
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coined 1891 by Irish physicist George J. Stoney (1826-1911) from electric + -on, as in ion (q.v.). Electron microscope (1932) translates German Elektronenmikroskop.
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Click for a picture Electron shell diagram for the element uranium (using the Bohr model of the atom) (Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_peer_review/Electron_shells) A [..]
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Negatively charged particle of an atom that resides in its outer rotational layers. See also proton.
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negatively charged subatomic particle.
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The negatively charged subatomic particle with charge 1.60218 x 10-19 coulombs and rest mass 9.10939 x 10-31 kg. Each element in the periodic table is characterized by a fixed number of electrons orbi [..]
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An elementary particle with a negative charge and a mass 1/1837 that of a proton. Electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of an atom, and determine its chemical properties.
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A negatively charge elementary particle that typically resides outside the nucleus of an atom but is bound to it by electromagnetic forces. An electron’s mass is tiny: 1,836 electrons equals the mass [..]
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A negatively charge elementary particle that typically resides outside the nucleus of an atom but is bound to it by electromagnetic forces. An electron’s mass is tiny: 1,836 electrons equals the mass [..]
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A particle of very small mass, carrying a unit negative charge. Electrons, surrounding the nucleus, are present in all atoms; their number is equal to the number of positive charges (or protons) in th [..]
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An elementary particle with a negative charge and a mass of 0.00055 amu (atomic mass units). Electrons surround the positively charged nucleus and determine the chemical properties of the atom.
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A fundamental physical particle with negative charge. A component of atoms.
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A subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge.
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Electrons, as related to general electricity, are the flowing electrical current in a circuit. The ampere, or amp, is the measure of flow of electrons. One ampere flowing for one second of time passes a coulomb of charge along the wire. Electrons travel at a fairly constant speed, about 20 centimeters or 8 inches per nanosecond. They do NOT travel [..]
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Negatively charged particle outside the nucleus of an atom.
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Subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge in atoms or molecules.
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a stable subatomic particle in the lepton family having a rest mass of 9.1066 × 10-28 grams, 1/1836 that of a hydrogen atom, and a negative electric charge.
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The negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus of an atom.
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A negatively charged subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. Electrical current is the flow of electrons.
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The lightest electrically charged stable elementary particle. Electron (Greek) means amber because electricity was first observed in amber. The electron and its properties in electric and magnetic fields are important for the development of the theory of relativity.
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An elementary particle with a negative charge and a mass 1/1837 that of the proton. Electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of the atom.
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A negatively charged subatomic particle having a rest mass of 9.109534 x 10-31 kg and a charge of 1.6021892 x 10-19 c.
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Subatomic particle that has the smallest negative charge possible and usually found in an orbital of an atom, but gained or lost when atoms become ions
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an elementary particle with a negative electrical charge and a mass 1/1837 that of the proton. Electrons surround the nucleus of an atom because of the attraction between their negative charge and the [..]
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Electrons are sub-atomic particles. They carry a negative electrical charge (qe=-1.602 x 10-19 C). They have a mass of me = 9.110 x 10-31 kg. Beams of electrons are used in TV sets where they are call [..]
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A fundamental particle of matter. A lepton, it has a rest mass, me of 9.109 x 10-31 kg and a charge, e of -1.602 x 10-19 C. Its antiparticle is the positron.
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An elementary particle with a unit electrical charge and a mass 1/1837 that of the proton. Electrons surround the atom's positively charged nucleus and determine the atom's chemical properti [..]
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The least massive electrically charged particle, hence absolutely stable. It is the most common lepton, with electric charge -1.
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A negatively charged particle (lepton) making up the outer shell ofthe atom.
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The electron is a low mass particle ( 1/1836 that of a Proton ) with a unit negative electric charge. In simple terms the electrons are said to orbit around the Nucleus of Atoms . Positively charged e [..]
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An elementary particle with a negative charge and a mass 1/1837 that of the proton. Electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of the atom.
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TC, UE, EL, EM Electrons are sub-atomic particles. They carry a negative electrical charge (qe=-1.602 x 10-19 C). They have a mass of me = 9.110 x 10-31 kg. Beams of electrons are used in TV sets w [..]
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(n) an elementary particle with negative charge
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A negatively charged particle located outside the nucleus of an atom (Lessons 8, 10, 19, 23, 24)
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A negatively charged atom that rotates around the nucleus of an atom.
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type of fundamental particle which carries the smallest possible magnitude of a free charge. The electron's charge is written symbolised as -e. The symbol e represents the value of the fundamental charge: e = 1.60 ¥ 10-19 C. Electrons are constituents of all atoms and are the charged particles which carry the current in a metallic wire.
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A negatively charged particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. The flow of electrons produces electricity.
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A minuscule subatomic particle that carries a negative charge. The movement of electrons from one place to another creates electricity.
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A tiny particle which rotates around the nucleus of an atom. It has a negative charge of electricity.
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— a subatomic particle with a negative electrical change.
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Negatively charged particle in all atoms that is the basis of electricity.
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(n.) A tiny (1/1830 the mass of a proton), negatively charged particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. The charge is equal and opposite to that of a proton in the nucleus, and in a normal atom the [..]
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A negatively charged particle with negligible mass orbiting around the nucleus of an atom.
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An electron is an elementary partical of small mass. It is responsible for the negative electric charge of matter for the electric current in all solid conductors. The atomic shell exclusively consists of electrons. A plasma allways includes free electrons, which have been separated from the atoms or molecules during the ionisation process.
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Sub-atomic particle that orbits the nucleus of the atom. It has a mass of 0.00055u (atomic mass units) and unit negative charge (-1). 
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A subatomic particle having a negative charge, which circles the nucleus of an atom.
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A highly mobile particle in an atom; negatively charged.
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Matter is made up of atoms. An atom comprises a nucleus made of protons (positively charged particles) and neutrons (neutral charge), which is orbited by electrons (negative charge). When an atom cont [..]
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Any of the negatively charged particles that form a part of all atoms.
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a negatively charged sub-atomic particle whose mass is 9.1 x 10[-31]
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The negatively-charged particle of an atom.
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A subatomic particle with a negative electric charge. Electricity is the movement of electrons in an electrical circuit.
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The basic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. The flow of electrons produces electricity.
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A small subatomic particle that contains a negative electric charge and is of negligible mass.
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the sub-atomic particle, with a negative charge, that orbits the nucleus of an atom.
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One of the parts of the atom having a negative charge. Indivisible particle with a charge of -1.
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a relatively light, negatively charged sub-atomic particle.
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An electron is a very small particle that spins around the center of an atom. An electron has a negative (-) charge and is found in one of seven shells. More Information: Electrons
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An elementary negatively charged particle orbiting within an atom, the electrons are arranged in shells - and it is the outermost shell electrons which take part in bond formation.
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a lightweight particle, carrying a negative electric charge and found in all atoms. Electrons can be energized or even torn from atoms by light and by collisions, and they are responsible for many ele [..]
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a stable atomic particle with a negative charge.
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Stable Elementary Particles having the smallest known negative charge, present in all Elements; also called negatrons. Positively charged electrons are called positrons. The numbers, energies and arra [..]
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A tiny speck of electric charge, so-far impossible to break into smaller pieces, weighing in at 9.109 × 10-31 kg and a charge of 1.602 × 10-19 Coulombs. An electron is so small that its 'size' is a nebulous concept; if it were a little round ball, it would be about 10-15 m across.
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lightest known stable subatomic particle, "clouds" of which surround the nuclei of an atom elementary particle
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A very small, negatively charged particle that is practically weightless. According to the electron theory, all electrical and electronic effects are caused either by the movement of electrons from pl [..]
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An extremely small, negatively charged particle. It is the part of an atom that determines its chemical properties. Element
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A fundamental particle found in an atom and which caries a single negative charge. In a neutral atom, the positive charges of the nucleus are balanced by an equal number of negative electrons in the f [..]
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Particle of very small mass with a negative charge.
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An electron is particle with a negative elementary electric charge (e-). A positively charged elementary particle (e+) is called a positron.
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A negatively-charged particle of matter constituting a part of an atom. Its electric charge is the most elementary unit of negative electricity.
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A negatively charged subatomic particle with a mass of 0.0055 (aka 0) atomic mass units.
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Negatively charged elementary particle found outside, but is attached to, the nucleus of an atom.
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A negatively charge elementary particle that typically resides outside the nucleus of an atom but is bound to it by electromagnetic forces. An electron’s mass is tiny: 1,836 electrons equals the mass of one proton.
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To be supplied.
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Smallest sub atomic particle of negative charge that orbits the nucleus of an atom.
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negative charge carrier
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The basic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. The flow of electrons produces electricity.
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a subatomic particle that has a negative charge
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The elementary negative charge that revolves around the nucleus of an atom.
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An elementary particle having a negative charge and a constituent of all atoms. It has a rest mass of 9.1095x10-31 kg and a charge of 1.60219x10-19 C
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genus|family|Momotidae|two species of motmots
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The electron is a subatomic particle (denoted by the symbol e− or β−) whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, [..]
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The electron is a subatomic particle (denoted by the symbol e− or β−) whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, [..]
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An electron is a subatomic particle. Electron may also refer to:
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The electron is a subatomic particle (denoted by the symbol e− or β−) whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, [..]
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Electron was the computer handle of Richard Jones, a member of an underground hacker community called The Realm. Jones, born in June 1969, was one of three members of the group arrested in simultaneou [..]
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Electron is a genus of the motmots, a family of Neotropical near passerine birds. The genus has two species: Both inhabit humid evergreen tropical forest. Both occur in Central America, and the broad [..]
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Electron is a two-stage, partially recoverable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an American aerospace company with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. Electron was developed to servi [..]
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Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell) is a free and open-source software framework developed and maintained by GitHub. It allows for the development of desktop GUI applications using web technologie [..]
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A sub-particle of an atom that contains a negative atomic charge.
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