Definition of "magneton" []

• A unit of the magnetic moment of a molecular, atomic, or subatomic particle, especially: (noun)
• The Bohr magneton, calculated using the mass and charge of the electron. (noun)
• The nuclear magneton, calculated using the mass of the nucleon. (noun)

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• "The magneton is feathered to give the ice more time to thermalize its vibrational energy."
• "Storing patterns in a transport buffer is extremely risky; a loss of power, physical damage to the transporter system, or such phenomena as ion storms or magneton pulses can all compromise the integrity of a quantum-level signal."
• "But ideas give birth to new ideas, and it was, as I understand, in this way that you hit upon the excellent notion of eliminating the difficult absolute determination of the magnetic field by a direct measurement of the neutron moment in units of the proton cycle (the nuclear magneton)."