What does lepton mean?
A subatomic particle that is a carrier of one of the four fundamental forces of nature, specifically the weak nuclear force and the electromagnetic force. In particle physics, leptons are a class of elementary particles that do not participate in the strong nuclear force.
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"The discovery of the muon, a type of lepton, revolutionized our understanding of the universe."
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