fermion.

A particle with half-integer spin that follows Fermi–Dirac statistics and the relevant exclusion principle.

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Words that belong together

• fermionic matter
• elementary fermion

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The model treated the electron as a fermion.

The experiment probed the behavior of interacting fermions.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular fermion; plural fermions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.