NOUN | object | mesotron, meson | an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus |
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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 | meson | |
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 |
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