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Noun: fermion  'fur-mee,ón
  1. Any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
    "Electrons and quarks are examples of fermions"

Derived forms: fermions

Type of: particle, subatomic particle

Encyclopedia: Fermion