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majoron

majoron noun: a hypothetical Goldstone boson.

Noun

majoron (plural majorons)

  1. A hypothetical Goldstone boson.

Forms of majoron

pluralmajorons

Origin of majoron

Named after Italian physicist Ettore Majorana + -on. Coined by Y. Chikashige, Rabindra Nath Mohapatra, and Roberto Peccei in 1980.

Words formed from majoron

Questions about majoron

What does majoron mean?
Majoron means a hypothetical Goldstone boson.
What part of speech is majoron?
Majoron is a noun.
What is the plural of majoron?
The plural of majoron is majorons.

Words near majoron in the dictionary

  1. majorizer
  2. majorizers
  3. majorizes
  4. majorizing
  5. majorly
  6. majoron
  7. majoronic
  8. majorons
  9. majors
  10. Majors Creek
  11. majors in

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