Neutron vs Neutrino - What's the difference?
neutron | neutrino |
(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
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 22
, author=Nick Collins
, title=Speed of light 'broken' by scientists
, work=Daily Telegraph
As nouns the difference between neutron and neutrino
is that neutron is neutron while neutrino is neutrino.neutron
English
Noun
(wikipedia neutron) (en noun)- Symbol: n
Hypernyms
* nucleonDerived terms
* neutron bombSee also
* electron * protonAnagrams
* English refractory feminine rhymes ----neutrino
English
(wikipedia neutrino)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=But researchers at the CERN lab near Geneva claim they have recorded neutrinos , a type of tiny particle, travelling faster than the barrier of 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometres) per second.}}