Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)Meson

More definitions
  • an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 19

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".

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Forms

plural: mesotrons
Singularmesotron
Pluralmesotrons

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0:meson

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
merryA1meshC2mesmerizemessB1messageA1
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