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-on

1 
Use -on in a Sentence
a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles (gluon; meson; neutron), quanta (graviton), and other minimal entities or components (cistron; codon; magneton; photon).
Origin:
prob. extracted from ion; cf. proton

-on

2 
a suffix used in the naming of inert gaseous elements: neon.
Origin:
≪ Gk -on, neut. of -os adj. ending
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-on 1  
suff.  

    1. Subatomic particle: baryon.

    2. Unit; quantum: photon.

  2. Basic hereditary unit: codon.


[From ion.]
-on 2  
suff.  Inert gas: radon.

[New Latin, from (arg)on.]
-on 3  
suff.  A chemical compound that is not a ketone or a compound that contains oxygen in a carbonyl group: parathion.

[Alteration of -one.]
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Medical Dictionary

-on 1
suff.

  1. A subatomic particle: neutron.

  2. A unit: photon.

  3. A basic hereditary unit: codon.

-on 2
suff.
Inert gas: radon.

-on 3
suff.
A chemical compound that is not a ketone or a compound that contains oxygen in a carbonyl group: parathion.

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