noun
neutrino
nyoo-TREE-noh
noun
1
A tiny subatomic particle with almost no mass and no electric charge that barely interacts with matter.
"Billions of neutrinos from the sun pass through your body every second."
"Scientists built a huge underground detector to catch rare neutrino collisions."
How to Use Neutrino
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn almost weightless, chargeless particle that passes through matter with barely any interaction.
Common pairings
neutrino detector
solar neutrino
Word Forms
neutrinos plural
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Etymology
Coined in 1933 by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, combining "neutron" with the Italian diminutive ending -ino, meaning roughly "little neutral one."