Neutron vs Neuron - What's the difference?
neutron | neuron |
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
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As nouns the difference between neutron and neuron
is that neutron is a subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks while neuron is a cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.As a proper noun Neuron is
title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher Cell Press.neutron
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Noun
(wikipedia neutron) (en noun)- Symbol: n
Hypernyms
* nucleonDerived terms
* neutron bombSee also
* electron * protonAnagrams
* English refractory feminine rhymes ----neuron
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Alternative forms
* neuroneNoun
(en-noun)The machine of a new soul, passage=The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons , work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.}}