| NOUN | object | meson, mesotron | an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus |
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| Sounds | mey'zaa.n | |
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| Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... | |
| Meaning | An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0. | |
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| Synonym | mesotron | |
| Narrower | J particle, psi particle | A neutral meson with a large mass |
| b-meson | Exceedingly short-lived meson | |
| kaon, kappa-meson, k-meson, K particle | An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision | |
| pion, pi-meson | A meson involved in holding the nucleus together | |
| Broader | boson | Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle |
| hadron | Any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles | |
| Spanish | mesón, mesotrón | |
| Catalan | mesó, mesotrón | |
| Adjectives | mesonic, mesic | of or pertaining to a meson |
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