neutronium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
neutron + -ium. Coined by scientist Andreas von Antropoff in 1926 (before the discovery of the neutron in 1931; neutrons had been predicted to exist in 1920).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: no͞o-trōʹnē-əm
Noun[edit]
neutronium (uncountable)
- (physics) A material composed entirely of neutrons.
- (physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.
Synonyms[edit]
- Sense 1:
- Sense 2:
- neutron-antineutron system
- true neutronium
- Symbols:
- nn
Antonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- Sense 1:
- Sense 2:
Hyponyms[edit]
- dineutron
- mononeutrium
- mononeutron
- mononeutronium
- mononilium
- neutron
- polyneutrium
- polyneutron
- polyneutronium
- polynilium
- tetraneutron
- trineutron
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
neutron star material
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