Proton
in example sentence
Every atom has a core, which is made up of at least one positively charged particle called a
proton
, and in most cases, some number of neutral particles called neutrons.
More example sentences with word proton
The
proton
is obviously made of a whole bunch of little particles; this was more or less known.
The experiments that were going on were very simple: you simply take the proton, and you hit it really sharply with an electron.
Just think of the
proton
as an assemblage, a swarm, of little particles."
I suppose it is, so I won't say "revolution," but it certainly evolved very, very deeply our understanding of the proton, and of particles beyond that.
All example sentences
