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proton
OXFORD DICTIONARY
proton, n. Physics a stable elementary particle with a positive electric charge, equal in magnitude to that of an electron, and occurring in all atomic nuclei.
Derivative
protonic adj.
Etymology
Gk, neut. of protos first
THESAURUS
proton
Kern, NMR, alpha particle, antibaryon, antilepton, antimeson, atom, atomic nucleus, atomic particle, baryon, beta particle, electron, elementary particle, ion, lepton, meson, molecule, monad, neutron, nuclear force, nuclear magnetic resonance, nuclear particle, nuclear resonance, nucleon, nucleosynthesis, nucleus, photon, quark, strangeness, strong interaction, triton, valence electronFor further exploring for "proton" in Webster Dictionary Online