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Fermion in physics, is a subatomic particle
whose spin can only take values that are
half-integers, such as 1/2 or 3/2. Fermions
may be classified as leptons, such as the
electron, and baryons, such as the proton and
neutron. All elementary particles are either
fermions or bosons.
Subject by: Robert Small