muon
An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the…An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
» Muons are charged particles similar to electrons, and scientists say they are "highly penetrative."
Meaning
1 sensesAn unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
Myon
мюо́нmjuón
- an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Examples
1 sentencesMuons are charged particles similar to electrons, and scientists say they are "highly penetrative."
Translations
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Origin
Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepContraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.
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plural: muonsSynonyms
2 synonyms- an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino:negative muonmu-meson