-on
-on1
a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles (
gluon; meson; neutron),
quanta (
graviton),
and other minimal entities or components (
cistron; codon; magneton; photon).
[prob. extracted from ION; cf. PROTON]
-on2
a suffix used in the naming of inert gaseous elements: neon.
[
Gk -on, neut. of -os adj. ending]
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Universalium.
2010.
