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hadrons

hadrons is the plural of hadron.

Meaning of hadron

Noun

hadron (plural hadrons)

  1. (particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.
    • The weak decays of b hadrons are dominated by the spectator model process whereby the b quark decays to a c quark (or occasionally a u quark) with the emission of an external W, while the non-b antiquark or diquark acts simply as a passive spectator to the decay.1996, J. R. Batley, “Measurements of B Hadron Lifetimes at LEP”, in Michael C. Birse, G. D. Lafferty, J. A. McGovern, editors, Hadron '95: The 6th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy...

Phrases with hadrons

Questions about hadrons

What is hadrons the plural of?
Hadrons is the plural of hadron.

Words near hadrons in the dictionary

  1. hadronized
  2. hadronizes
  3. hadronizing
  4. hadronless
  5. hadronlike
  6. hadrons
  7. hadrontherapies
  8. hadrontherapy
  9. hadronuclear
  10. hadrophobic
  11. hadroproduction

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