kaon

See also: KAON, kaón, and käön

English

Etymology

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌɑn/

Noun

kaon (plural kaons)

1. (physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
   • K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark
   • K^0* (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark
   • K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark
   • K^- (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark

Translations

K-meson

• Catalan: kaó (ca) m
• Dutch: kaon (nl) n
• Finnish: kaoni
• French: kaon (fr) m
• German: Kaon (de) n
• Italian: kaone m
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• Khmer: កាណូ (ka no)
• Polish: kaon (pl) m
• Portuguese: káon m
• Russian: као́н (ru) m (kaón)
• Swedish: kaon c, K-meson c

Anagrams

• Kano, Kona, NKAO, kano, koan, kōan

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧on

Verb

kaon

1. to eat; to dine
2. to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
3. (of a cassette player, etc.) to eat tape

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kaon.

Derived terms

• kan-anan
• kinan-an
• kinaon
• makaon
• pagkaon

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Dutch

Etymology

From K-meson

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧on

Noun

kaon n (plural kaonen)

1. (physics) kaon

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɔ̃/

Noun

kaon m (plural kaons)

1. (physics) kaon

Further reading

• “kaon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• koan

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Hiligaynon

Verb

kaon

1. eat

   Kaon ta!

   Let's eat!

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Japanese

Romanization

kaon

1. Rōmaji transcription of かおん

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɔn/

Noun

kaon m inan

1. (physics) kaon

Declension

Declension of kaon

	singular	plural
nominative	kaon	kaony
genitive	kaonu	kaonów
dative	kaonowi	kaonom
accusative	kaon	kaony
instrumental	kaonem	kaonami
locative	kaonie	kaonach
vocative	kaonie	kaony

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

kaon m (plural kaonn)

1. pip, seed