name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
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Standard Lemma guide
maon
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noun
Meaning 2
A general term for any hypothetical particle of which a quark or lepton is consisted; a preon.
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Usage: historical
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
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.