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Lepton vs Repton - What's the difference?

lepton | repton |

As nouns the difference between lepton and repton

is that lepton is (label) while repton is (physics) a single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation.

lepton

English

(Greek lepton)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia lepton) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elementary particle with a spin of 1/2 (a fermion) which is immune to the strong nuclear force (including the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon).
    • Derived terms
    * leptonic

    repton

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia repton) (en noun)
  • (physics) A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation