meson

me·son | \ ˈme-ˌzän

How to pronounce meson (audio)

, ˈme-ˌsän, ˈmā-ˌzän, ˈmā-ˌsän

How to pronounce meson (audio)

, ˈmē-ˌzän

How to pronounce meson (audio)

, ˈmē-ˌsän

How to pronounce meson (audio)

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Definition of meson

: any of a group of fundamental particles (such as the pion and kaon) made up of a quark and an antiquark that are subject to the strong force and have zero or an integer number of quantum units of spin

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Recent Examples on the Web The lightest pentaquark has a mass just below the sum of a particular baryon and meson that together contain the correct quark ingredients. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Exotic particles called pentaquarks may be less weird than previously thought," 5 June 2019 The heavier pentaquarks have masses just below the sum of the same baryon and a related meson with extra internal energy. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Exotic particles called pentaquarks may be less weird than previously thought," 5 June 2019 But the rho meson turned out to be something of a special case, and the bootstrap method soon lost momentum. — Quanta Magazine, "Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’," 23 Feb. 2017 Then there are dozens of particles made up of those elementary particles, including hadrons, which are constructed of quarks and gluons, and mesons, made of a quark and anti-quark. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting A Huge Power Boost," 19 June 2018 However, measurements at the CERN collider have shown a definite propensity for the mesons to underproduce muons, as reported at CERN in April. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way," 19 June 2017

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“Meson.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meson?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=m&file=meson001. Accessed 7 December 2019.

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