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baryons

baryons is the plural of baryon.

Meaning of baryon

Noun

baryon (plural baryons)

  1. (particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
    • Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is...1953 October 1, A. Pais, “On the Baryon-meson-photon System”, in Progress of Theoretical Physics, volume 10, number 4, page 457

Phrases with baryons

Questions about baryons

What is baryons the plural of?
Baryons is the plural of baryon.

Words near baryons in the dictionary

  1. baryonic matters
  2. baryonium
  3. baryoniums
  4. baryonless
  5. baryonlike
  6. baryons
  7. baryonychid
  8. baryonychids
  9. baryonychine
  10. baryonychines
  11. baryonyx

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