meson

See also: Meson, mesón, méson, and mêson

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, middle). Doublet of medium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛs.ɒn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

meson (plural mesons)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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, particle 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.)
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
  • scalar meson
  • vector meson
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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

meson n (plural mesonen)

  1. (physics) meson

Esperanto

Noun

meson

  1. accusative singular of meso

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.zɔ̃/

Noun

meson m (plural mesons)

  1. alternative spelling of méson

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. house

Descendants

  • French: maison