noun Download 🔗Share A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). Examples : "My grandmother kept a small collection of ancient Greek lepta, some dating back centuries. " history value economy finance commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. Examples : "The museum display showed several ancient coins, including a tiny lepta that was barely bigger than my fingernail. " history archaeology religion value economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. Examples : "The electron, a type of lepta, orbits the atom's nucleus. " physics science element Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
