tauon

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See also: tauón, táuon, and taŭon

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Etymology

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From tau +‎ -on, tau short for Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, third), being the third lepton discovered.

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tauon (plural tauons)

  1. An unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos.
    Synonyms: tau, tau lepton, tau particle

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Noun

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tauon n (plural tauonen)

  1. (physics) tauon

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Finnish

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tauon

  1. genitive singular of tauko

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tauon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of タウオン