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Originally Posted by cress
However, I thought it worth mentioning again that the definition does not choose dynamical properties instead of physical; it is based on both. This is how good science is done: by using all the info you've got, not cherry-picking. The definition is not based on 'where' it is, it's based on what it is, what it's doing, and how it got there. That's "and", not "or".
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That makes about as much sense as classifying electrons by how many other electrons are in its orbital. Aparently, hydrogen is the only element with electrical properties... every other element has a cloud of small negative system particles.
I prefer labelling them all as particles, subclassed into baryons and leptons, and further subclassed into neutrons and protons, etc...