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meshuganon

meshuganon noun: a hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

Noun

meshuganon (plural meshuganons)

  1. (particle) A hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

Forms of meshuganon

pluralmeshuganons
alternative formmeshugatron

Origin of meshuganon

From meshugge + -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.

Questions about meshuganon

What does meshuganon mean?
Meshuganon means a hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.
What part of speech is meshuganon?
Meshuganon is a noun.
What is the plural of meshuganon?
The plural of meshuganon is meshuganons.

Words near meshuganon in the dictionary

  1. meshuga
  2. meshugaas
  3. meshugah
  4. meshuganah
  5. meshuganahs
  6. meshuganon
  7. meshugas
  8. meshugatron
  9. meshugenah
  10. meshugenahs
  11. meshugeneh

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