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An atomic particle with high mass and a positive charge, present in the nuclei of all atoms: The nucleus of a hydrogen atom is a single proton.
A proton is an elementary particle with a mass about 1,836 times that of the electron and a positive charge, equal and opposite to that of the electron.
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