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Muon

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Noun

1. mu-meson, muon, negative muon

an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

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Muon

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noun
a positive or negative elementary particle with a mass 207 times that of an electron and spin 12. It was originally called the mu meson but is now classified as a lepton

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Muon

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noun
Particle Physics
an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of 105.7 MeV, c. 207 times that of an electron, and a mean lifetime of 2.2×10-6 second: it decays into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino

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Muon

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n.
The negatively charged lepton that belongs to the second generation of elementary fermions and has a mass 207 times that of an electron and a mean lifetime of 2.2 × 10-6 second. Also called mu lepton.

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