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noun
meson
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: meson
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boson, hadron
Narrower terms: b-meson, J particle, psi particle, kaon, kappa-meson, k-meson, K particle, pion, pi-meson
History
From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass".
Across languages
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