Talk:Point particle

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A point particle is not necessarily an approximation for leptons, they could truly be point particles.Rotiro

Is a point mass and point particle the same thing_ If so, these two articles should be merged.

It should be mentioned that the term "particle" in the standard model is misleading - they are a discrete amount (a quanta) of a wave. Thus in some ways much closer to what is meant by "wave" in ordinary language than to what is meant by "particle". E.g. spacial extension.aharel