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A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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A boatswain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: particle, subatomic particle
Narrower terms: gauge boson, meson, mesotron
From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.
Clipping of boatswain.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بُوزُون
(bōzōn)
— particle
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Armenian:
բոզոն
(bozon)
— particle
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Basque:
bosoi
— particle
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Bengali:
বোসন
(bōśon)
— particle
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Catalan:
bosó
— particle
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Chinese Mandarin:
玻色子
(bōsèzi)
— particle
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Dutch:
boson
— particle
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Finnish:
bosoni
— particle
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French:
boson
— particle
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Galician:
bosón
— particle
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Georgian:
ბოზონი
(bozoni)
— particle
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German:
Boson
— particle
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Greek:
μποζόνιο
(bozónio)
— particle
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Gujarati:
બોસાણુ
(bosāṇu)
— particle
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Hindi:
बोसाणु
(bosāṇu)
— particle
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Hungarian:
bozon
— particle
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Icelandic:
bóseind
— particle
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Italian:
bosone
— particle
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Japanese:
ボース粒子
(Bōsu-ryūshi)
— particle
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Japanese:
ボソン
(boson)
— particle
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Khmer:
បូសាណូ
(bos sa no)
— particle
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Korean:
보손
(boson)
— particle
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Macedonian:
бозо́н
(bozón)
— particle
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Marathi:
बोसाणू
(bosāṇū)
— particle
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Mongolian:
бозон
(bozon)
— particle
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Nepali:
बोसाणु
(bosāṇu)
— particle
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Persian:
بوزون
(bozon)
— particle
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Polish:
bozon
— particle
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Brazilian Portuguese:
bóson
— particle
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European Portuguese:
bosão
— particle
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Russian:
бозо́н
(bozón)
— particle
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Sanskrit:
बोसाणु
(bosāṇu)
— particle
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Serbo-Croatian:
бо̀зо̄н
— particle
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Serbo-Croatian:
bòzōn
— particle
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Slovene:
bozón
— particle
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Spanish:
bosón
— particle
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Swedish:
boson
— particle
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Tamil:
முழுச்சுழலி
(muḻuccuḻali)
— particle
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Turkish:
bozon
— particle
