boson

See also Boson, bóson, and bosón

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From SN Bose (Indian physicist) + -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbəʊzɒn/

Noun

boson (plural bosons)

1. (physics) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose–Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

Derived terms

• Higgs boson

Translations

particle

• Armenian: բոզոն (hy) (bozon) 
• Bengali: বোসন (bn) (bosôn)
• Catalan: bosó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玻色子 (cmn) (bōsèzi)

• Dutch: boson (nl) n
• Finnish: bosoni (fi)
• French: boson (fr) m
• Galician: bosón
• German: Boson (de) n
• Greek: μποζόνιο (el) (bozónio) n 
• Gujarati: બોસાણુ (gu) (bosaanu) m
• Hindi: बोसाणु (hi) (bosaanu) m
• Hungarian: bozon (hu)
• Italian: bosone (it) m
• Japanese: ボース粒子 (ja) (bōsu-ryūshi), ボソン (ja) (boson)
• Khmer: បូសាណូ (km) (bos sa no)

• Korean: 보손 (ko) (boson)
• Macedonian: бозон (mk) (bozón) m
• Marathi: बोसाणु (mr) (bosaanu) m
• Nepali: बोसाणु (ne) (bosaanu)
• Polish: bozon (pl) m
• Portuguese: bóson (pt) m, bosão (pt) m
• Russian: бозон (ru) (bozón) m 
• Sanskrit: बोसाणु (sa) (bosaanu) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бо̀зо̄н (sh) m

  Roman: bòzōn (sh) m

• Slovene: bozón (sl) m
• Spanish: bosón (es) m
• Swedish: boson (sv)
• Tamil: முழுச்சுழலி (ta) (muḻuccuḻali)
• Turkish: bozon (tr)

Etymology 2

Contraction of boatswain.

Noun

boson (plural bosons)

1. (obsolete) A boatswain.

Anagrams

• boons, noobs

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

boson n (plural bosonen, diminutive bosonnetje)

1. (physics) boson

Derived terms

• Higgsboson
• ijkboson
• W-boson
• Z-boson

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

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Noun

boson m (plural bosons)

1. (physics) boson

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Latin

Noun

Wikipedia ^la

boson (genitive bosonis); n, third declension

1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	boson	bosonēs
genitive	bosonis	bosonum
dative	bosonī	bosonibus
accusative	bosonem	bosonēs
ablative	bosone	bosonibus
vocative	boson	bosonēs

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Northern Sami

Noun

boson

1. fan (electrical device)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

boson n

1. (physics) boson

Inflection

    Inflection of boson

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	boson	bosonet	bosoner	bosona/bosonene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

boson n

1. (physics) boson

Inflection

    Inflection of boson

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk n	boson	bosonet	boson	bosona [bosoni]

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Swedish

Noun

boson c

1. (physics) boson

Declension

Declension of boson

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boson	bosonen	bosoner	bosonerna
genitive	bosons	bosonens	bosoners	bosonernas