maon

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4

Definition of maon

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.
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noun

  1. (historical)A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.

name

  1. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

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Etymology

From Mao (referring to Mao Zedong) + -on, coined in 1977 by American theoretical physicist Sheldon L. Glashow in remembrance of Mao, who firmly holds that matter is endlessly divisible.

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