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semileptonic

semileptonic adjective: of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.

Adjective

semileptonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.

Origin of semileptonic

From semi- + leptonic.

Words formed from semileptonic

Questions about semileptonic

What does semileptonic mean?
Semileptonic means of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.
What part of speech is semileptonic?
Semileptonic is an adjective.

Words near semileptonic in the dictionary

  1. semilength
  2. semilengths
  3. semilens
  4. semilenses
  5. semilenticular
  6. semileptonic
  7. semileptonically
  8. semilethal
  9. semilethal dose
  10. semilethal doses
  11. semilethality

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