baryon number

noun

: a number equal to the number of baryons minus that of antibaryons in a system of elementary particles

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for baryon number

• cumber
• lumber
• slumber
• umber
• encumber
• outnumber
• renumber