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Proton vs Quasiproton - What's the difference?

proton | quasiproton |

As nouns the difference between proton and quasiproton

is that proton is positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element; the nucleus of the most common isotope of hydrogen; composed of two up quarks and a down quark while quasiproton is a quasiparticle equivalent to a proton.

proton

English

(wikipedia proton)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (particle) positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element; the nucleus of the most common isotope of hydrogen; composed of two up quarks and a down quark

    • Synonyms

    * p (symbolic)

    Hypernyms

    * nucleon

    See also

    * neutron * electron * deuteron * triton

    Anagrams

    * ----

    quasiproton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a proton