| NOUN | object | fermion | any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle |
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| Meaning | Any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle. | |
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| Narrower | baryon, heavy particle | Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions |
| lepton | An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions | |
| Broader | particle, subatomic particle | A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions |
| Spanish | fermión | |
| Catalan | fermió | |
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