neutronium

English

Etymology

neutron +‎ -ium; Coined by scientist Andreas von Antropoff in 1926 (before the discovery of the neutron in 1931; neutrons had been predicted to exist in 1920).

Pronunciation

• enPR: no͞o-trōʹnē-əm

Noun

neutronium (uncountable)

1. (physics) The supposed material, composed entirely of neutrons, that makes up a neutron star.

Synonyms

• neutron-degenerate matter
• neutron matter
• element 0 / element zero

Hypernyms

• degenerate matter
• neutron matter

Hyponyms

• neutron-star matter

Coordinate terms

• electron-degenerate matter
• proton-degenerate matter
• quark-degenerate matter
• preon-degenerate matter

Translations

neutron star material

• French: neutronium (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: neutronio m

See also

• tetraneutron