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Meaning of MESON

Pronunciation:  'meezân

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
 

MESON is a 5 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: mesotron
 
 See Also: b-meson, boson, hadron, J particle, K particle, kaon, kappa-meson, k-meson, pi-meson, pion, psi particle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mes"on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`son middle, neut. of me`sos,
a., middle.] (Anat.)
The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar
right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal
surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding
ventral edge the ventrimeson. --B. G. Wilder.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: alpha particle, antibaryon, antilepton, antimeson, atom, atomic nucleus, atomic particle, aurora particle, baryon, beta particle, electron, elementary particle, heavy particle, ion, Kern, lepton, mesotron, molecule, monad, neutron, NMR, nuclear force, nuclear magnetic resonance, nuclear particle, nuclear resonance, nucleon, nucleosynthesis, nucleus, photon, proton, quark, radioactive particle, radion, solar particle, strangeness, strong interaction, triton, valence electron
 

 

 

 

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