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Axion vs Axon - What's the difference?

axion | axon |

As nouns the difference between axion and axon

is that axion is a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain some symmetry problems arising in the strong nuclear force while axon is a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

axion

English

Noun

(wikipedia axion) (en noun)
  • (physics) a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain some symmetry problems arising in the strong nuclear force.
  • * 2000 Beam Line (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
    • The axion is a candidate particle for the cold dark matter that constitutes a large fraction of the mass of the Universe.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    axon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * axone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

    • Derived terms

    * axonal * axonic * axotomy * axotomize * axonopathy

    See also

    * dendrite * neuron * synapse ----