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I HAVE been hoping that, following Lord Rutherford's proposal of a name for the heavy isotope of hydrogen, someone would suggest a more satisfactory word than ‘positron’ for the positive electron. Since, however, no better qualified reformer has appeared, may I raise the question before it is too late? ‘Positron’ is ugly ; it offends literary purists by its hybrid character ; and it not only bears no relation to the established name of the associated particle, the electron, but even suggests that that particle should be called the ‘negatron’, which fortunately it is not.
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DINGLE, H. Designation of the Positive Electron. Nature 133, 330 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133330b0
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