Word.ws English Dictionary

reggeon

reggeon noun: a virtual particle involved in the scattering described by Regge theory.

Noun

reggeon (plural reggeons)

  1. A virtual particle involved in the scattering described by Regge theory.

Forms of reggeon

pluralreggeons

Origin of reggeon

From Regge + -on. From the name of Tullio Regge, Italian theoretical physicist.

Words formed from reggeon

Questions about reggeon

What does reggeon mean?
Reggeon means a virtual particle involved in the scattering described by Regge theory.
What part of speech is reggeon?
Reggeon is a noun.
What is the plural of reggeon?
The plural of reggeon is reggeons.

Words near reggeon in the dictionary

  1. Regge theory
  2. reggeaton
  3. reggeization
  4. reggeizations
  5. reggeized
  6. reggeon
  7. reggeonic
  8. reggeons
  9. reggiano
  10. reggie
  11. Reggio

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reggeon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reggeon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reggeon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.