meson
me·son
noun
1.
an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
Origin
From meso- + -on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron.
Phrases
- B meson
- eta meson
- exotic meson
- hybrid meson
- J/psi meson
- J/ψ meson
- pi meson
- pi-minus meson
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