axion

See also Axion

English

Etymology

Named by Frank Wilczek after Axion, a brand of laundry detergent, for its -on suffix and the notion that the new particle could "clean up" a problem in physics.

Noun

Wikipedia axion (plural axions)

1. (physics) a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain some symmetry problems arising in the strong nuclear force.
   • 2000 Beam Line (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)

     The axion is a candidate particle for the cold dark matter that constitutes a large fraction of the mass of the Universe.

Translations

hypothetical subatomic particle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軸子 (cmn) (zhòu zi)

• Finnish: aksioni (fi)
• French: axion (fr) m
• Gujarati: અક્ષાણુ (gu) (akshaanu) m
• Hindi: अक्षाणु (hi) (akshaanu) m

• Ido: axiono (io)
• Japanese: アクシオン (ja) (akushion)
• Khmer: អក្ស៊ីអុង (km) (ak si ong)
• Marathi: अक्षाणु (mr) (akshaanu) m
• Nepali: अक्षाणु (ne) (akshaanu)
• Sanskrit: अक्षाणु (sa) (akshaanu)

Anagrams

• axino

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aksjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /aksjO~/
• Homophone: action

Noun

axion m (plural axions)

1. axion