neutron
nounThe electrically neutral nucleon, a baryon composed of two down quarks and one up quark, which has a mass 1,839 times that of an electron, is stable when bound in an atomic nucleus, but has a mean lifetime of 886 seconds as a free particle. It is a basic component of all atomic nuclei except the protium isotope of hydrogen.
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an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
