##  [Neutron](/neutron) 

  ##  [Neutron](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/neutron-0) 

  

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Definition

An electrically neutral baryon (composed of one up and two down quarks in its ground state) commonly found in atomic nuclei; it contributes to nuclear binding and is unstable when free, undergoing beta decay to a proton, electron and antineutrino.