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Yukawa

yu·kawa

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noun

1.

Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)

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Borrowed from Japanese 湯川 (Yukawa).

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