Usually means: Subatomic particle with negative charge.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. electron: Merriam-Webster
  2. electron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. electron: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. electron: Collins English Dictionary
  5. electron: Vocabulary.com
  6. Electron, electron: Wordnik
  7. electron: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. electron: Wiktionary
  9. electron: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. electron: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. electron: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. electron: Dictionary.com
  13. electron: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. electron: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Electron (bird), Electron (computer hacker), Electron (disambiguation), Electron (rocket), Electron (software framework), Electron (vehicle), Electron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Electron: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. electron: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. electron: Rhymezone
  19. Electron: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. electron: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. electron: FreeDictionary.org
  22. electron: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. electron: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. electron: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. electron: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. electron: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. electron: Netlingo
  3. electron: CCI Computer
  4. electron: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  5. electron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. electron: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  5. electron: Medical dictionary

Science (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Electron: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  5. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  6. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Electron: Extragalactic Astronomy
  8. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  9. Electron: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --
  10. electron: UNCChem Glossary
  11. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  12. ELECTRON: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. electron: Urban Dictionary

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. electron: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  3. electron: Electronics
  4. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  6. Explosives (No longer online)
  7. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  9. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (physics) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
noun:  (chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron⁽ᵈᵉ⁾.

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