meson

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See also: Meson, mesón, méson, and mêson

English

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, middle).

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Noun

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meson (plural mesons)

  1. (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
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Etymology 2

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From meso- +‎ on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron.

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meson (plural mesons)

  1. (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
  2. (now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
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Hyponyms
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  • scalar meson
  • vector meson
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Dutch

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meson n (plural mesonen)

  1. (physics) meson

Esperanto

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Noun

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meson

  1. accusative singular of meso

French

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meson m (plural mesons)

  1. Alternative spelling of méson

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mansiō, mansiōnem (abode, home, dwelling).

Noun

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meson oblique singularf (oblique plural mesons, nominative singular meson, nominative plural mesons)

  1. house

Descendants

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  • French: maison