neutrino
noun
neu·tri·no
nü-ˈtrē-(ˌ)nō 
nyü-
plural neutrinos
: an uncharged elementary particle that is believed to have a very small mass, that has any of three forms, and that interacts only rarely with other particles
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Detectors have become so effective at finding weakly interacting bits of matter that they’re effectively blinded by all the neutrinos coming from the sun, Toro said.
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Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
In 1930, Pauli postulated the existence of the subatomic particle now known as the neutrino, the most common variety of which spills down from the sun and penetrates the human body at a rate of roughly one hundred trillion per second.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
The third flavor of neutrino, the tau neutrino, is the chameleon of the trio.
—Doug Cowen, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2024
This saying, among others, drifts through my brain like a neutrino much of the day, a sort of consolation, or revelation, or a blunt assessment of the situation.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The same technique already generates neutrinos for other experiments.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
Our bodies are hit with trillions of neutrinos by the second.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The rate of growth—determined through comparison of the average size of voids in the early universe to those in the modern universe—can reveal how much mass neutrinos actually have.
—Michael D. Lemonick, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
In particular, Kotwal and his colleagues sought out collisions that produced two specific pairs of particles: either a muon and a neutrino, or an electron and a neutrino.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022
Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
In 1930, Pauli postulated the existence of the subatomic particle now known as the neutrino, the most common variety of which spills down from the sun and penetrates the human body at a rate of roughly one hundred trillion per second.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
The third flavor of neutrino, the tau neutrino, is the chameleon of the trio.
—Doug Cowen, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2024
This saying, among others, drifts through my brain like a neutrino much of the day, a sort of consolation, or revelation, or a blunt assessment of the situation.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The same technique already generates neutrinos for other experiments.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
Our bodies are hit with trillions of neutrinos by the second.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The rate of growth—determined through comparison of the average size of voids in the early universe to those in the modern universe—can reveal how much mass neutrinos actually have.
—Michael D. Lemonick, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
In particular, Kotwal and his colleagues sought out collisions that produced two specific pairs of particles: either a muon and a neutrino, or an electron and a neutrino.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022
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neutrino
noun
neu·tri·no
n(y)ü-ˈtrē-nō
plural neutrinos
: an uncharged elementary particle believed to have little or no mass
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neutrino
noun
neu·tri·no
n(y)ü-ˈtrē-(ˌ)nō
plural neutrinos
: an uncharged elementary particle that is believed to be massless or to have a very small mass, that has any of three forms, and that interacts only rarely with other particles
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