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electron

A stable subatomic particle with a negative electric charge, found outside the nucleus of an atom and involved in electricity, chemical bonding, and r...

Noun microscopic_entity Level 314
ion

An atom or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and therefore carries an electric charge.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 314
molecule

The smallest unit of a chemical compound that retains the compound’s chemical properties, consisting of two or more atoms bonded together.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 314
atom

The smallest unit of a chemical element that retains the element’s chemical properties, consisting of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
boson

A particle with integer spin that obeys Bose–Einstein statistics.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
culture

A culture is the growth of microorganisms, cells, or tissues in a prepared medium under controlled conditions, or the resulting growth.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
dinoflagellate

A dinoflagellate is a mostly single-celled aquatic organism, often classified as an alga or protist, typically characterized by two flagella.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
fermion

A fermion is a particle with half-integer spin that obeys the Pauli exclusion principle, including electrons, quarks, and neutrinos.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
micro-organisms

A microorganism is a living organism too small to be seen clearly without a microscope.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
neutrino

An electrically neutral, extremely light elementary particle that interacts mainly through the weak nuclear force and gravity.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
neutron

A subatomic particle with no electric charge, found in the nuclei of most atoms and slightly heavier than a proton.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
photon

A photon is a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, understood as a discrete packet of energy.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
quark

A quark is any of a group of elementary particles that combine to form composite particles such as protons and neutrons.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399
subatomic particle

A constituent of matter or energy studied in physics, such as an electron, proton, or photon.

Noun microscopic_entity Level 1399