meson

See also Meson, mesón, méson, and mëson

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛsɒn/

Noun

meson (plural mesons)

1. (rare except entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

Etymology 2

From meso- +‎ on.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmiːzɒn/, /ˈmiːsɒn/

Noun

meson (plural mesons)

1. (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
2. (now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Meson composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)

Translations

elementary particle

• Armenian: մեզոն (hy) (mezon)
• Catalan: mesó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 介子 (cmn) (jièzǐ)

• Dutch: meson (nl) n
• French: méson (fr) m
• German: Meson (de) n
• Gujarati: મધ્યાણુ (gu) (madhyaanu) m
• Hindi: मध्याणु (hi) (madhyaanu) m
• Italian: mesone (it) m
• Japanese: 中間子 (ja) (chūkanshi)
• Khmer: មជ្ឈាណូ (km) (mach chea no)
• Lithuanian: mezonas (lt) m
• Marathi: मध्याणु (mr) (madhyaanu)

• Nepali: मध्याणु (ne) (madhyaanu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meson (nb) n

  Nynorsk: meson (nn) n

• Polish: mezon (pl) m
• Russian: мезон (ru) (mezón) m
• Sanskrit: मध्याणु (sa) (मध्याणु) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐзо̄н (sh) m

  Roman: mèzōn (sh) m

• Slovene: mezón (sl) m
• Swedish: meson (sv) c
• Tamil: இடையி (ta) (iṭaiyi)
• Turkish: mezon (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: メソン (meson), メゾン (mezon)

Synonyms

• mesotron

Derived terms

• mesonic

Anagrams

• nomes
• omens
• somen

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

meson n (plural mesonen)

1. (physics) meson

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Esperanto

Noun

meson

1. accusative singular of meso

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Old French

Noun

meson f (oblique plural mesons, nominative singular meson, nominative plural mesons)

1. house

Descendants

• French: maison