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any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- K0: strange quark + down antiquark
- K (antiparticle of K0): down quark + strange antiquark
- K+: strange quark + up antiquark
- K− (antiparticle of K+): up quark + strange antiquark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Acronym of Karlsruhe ontology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kappa-meson, k-meson, K particle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meson, mesotron
From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
kaó
— K-meson
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Dutch:
kaon
— K-meson
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Finnish:
kaoni
— K-meson
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French:
kaon
— K-meson
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German:
Kaon
— K-meson
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Italian:
kaone
— K-meson
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Khmer:
កាណូ
(ka no)
— K-meson
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Polish:
kaon
— K-meson
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Portuguese:
káon
— K-meson
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Russian:
као́н
(kaón)
— K-meson
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Swedish:
kaon
— K-meson
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Swedish:
K-meson
— K-meson
