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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| nucleon |
| term applying to both the proton and the neutron, the two constituents of atomic nuclei. The nucleon may be considered a single particle, of which the proton and the neutron are two different states. See atom; elementary particles. |
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