muonium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
muonium (plural muoniums)
- (physics, chemistry) An exotic atom formed when a positively charged muon (an anti-muon) and an electron are bound by their mutual electrical attraction; chemically equivalent to a light, short-lived isotope of hydrogen.
Derived terms[edit]
- Mu (symbol, abbreviation)
- true muonium
See also[edit]
- muononium, the onium form of mu leptons (muons)
- positronium