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hyperon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhaɪpəɹɒn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baryon, heavy particle

Narrower terms: lambda particle, lambda hyperon

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хиперон (hiperon) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Catalan: hiperó — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超子 (chāozǐ) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • French: hypéron — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • German: Hyperon — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Hindi: ऊपराणु (ūprāṇu) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Italian: iperone — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Kazakh: гиперон (giperon) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Khmer: អធិកាណូ (ak thi ka no) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Kyrgyz: гиперон (giperon) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Marathi: ऊपराणु (ūprāṇu) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Polish: hiperon — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Romanian: hiperon — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Russian: гиперо́н (giperón) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Sanskrit: ऊपराणु (ūparāṇu) — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Slovak: hyperón — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Spanish: hiperón — baryon with nonzero strangeness
  • Tagalog: sukdusik — baryon with nonzero strangeness