-on
a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles (gluon; meson; neutron), quanta (graviton), and other minimal ent-ties or components (cistron; codon; magneton; photon).
-on2
a suffix used in the naming of inert gaseous elements:
neon.
origin
-on
suffix
indicating a chemical substance interferon, parathion
(in physics) indicating an elementary particle or quantum electron, photon
(in chemistry) indicating an inert gas neon, radon
(in biochemistry) a molecular unit codon, operon
word origin
from ion
-on
subatomic particle suffix, from ion.
-on 1
suff.
a subatomic particle: neutron.
a unit: photon.
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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