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hadron

had·ron

UK/ˈhæd.ɹɒn/ US/ˈhæd.ɹɑn/ rare

noun

1.

any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + -on. Coined by Russian physicist Lev Okun in 1962 in a plenary talk at the International Conference on High Energy Physics.

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