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electron-neutrino
[ ih-lek-tron-noo-tree-noh, -nyoo- ]
noun
Physics.
plural electron-neutrinos.
- a type of neutrino that obeys a conservation law together with the electron, with the total number of electrons and electron-neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
electron neutrino
- A type of neutrino associated with the electron, often created in particle interactions involving electrons (such as beta decay). The electron neutrino has a mass of less than 4 × 10 -6 that of an electron.
- See more at neutrinoSee Table at subatomic particle
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The subject of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, neutrinos were seen to exist in three different flavours: the electron-neutrino, the muon-neutrino and the tau-neutrino.
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But unlike the Dark Knight, neutrinos have three identities rather than two: the electron-neutrino, the muon-neutrino and the tau-neutrino.
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