meson
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɛs.ɒn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]meson (plural mesons)
- (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From meso- + on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmiːzɒn/, /ˈ-sɒn/, /ˈmɛ-/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]meson (plural mesons)
- (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
- (now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- scalar meson
- vector meson
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]elementary particle
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]meson n (plural mesonen)
Esperanto
[edit]Noun
[edit]meson
- accusative singular of meso
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meson m (plural mesons)
- Alternative spelling of méson
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mansiō, mansiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”).
Noun
[edit]meson oblique singular, f (oblique plural mesons, nominative singular meson, nominative plural mesons)
Descendants
[edit]- French: maison
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