MUON


Meaning of MUON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmyü-ˌän ]

noun

Etymology: contraction of earlier mu-meson, from mu

Date: 1952

: an unstable lepton that is common in the cosmic radiation near the earth's surface, has a mass about 207 times the mass of the electron, and exists in negative and positive forms

• mu·on·ic myü-ˈä-nik adjective

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