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Many entities in physics have both particlelike and wavelike properties. In representing the particlelike properties physicists usually use words ending in -ON. The originators of the concept underlying the particle nature, and the coiners of the name are discussed for the following "particles": boson, electron, exiton, fermion, magnon, neutron, phonon, photon, plasmon, polariton, polaron, proton and roton.
Many entities in physics have both particlelike and wavelike properties. In representing the particlelike properties physicists usually use words ending in -ON. The originators of the concept underlying the particle nature, and the coiners of the name are discussed for the following "particles": boson, electron, exiton, fermion, magnon, neutron, phonon, photon, plasmon, polariton, polaron, proton and roton.