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Meson

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Noun

1. meson, mesotron

an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meson

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noun
any of a group of elementary particles, such as a pion or kaon, that usually has a rest mass between those of an electron and a proton, and an integral spin. They are responsible for the force between nucleons in the atomic nucleus
. Former name: mesotron See also muon

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Meson

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noun
Particle Physics
any of a group of subatomic particles that are both hadrons and bosons, including the pion and kaon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Meson

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n.
Any of a class of subatomic particles that are both hadrons and bosons, are composed of a quark and an antiquark, participate in strong interactions, and have masses generally intermediate between those of leptons and baryons.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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