transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-ˌzän, ˈmā-, ˈmē-, -ˌsän ]
noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mes- + -on (II)
Date: 1939
: any of a group of fundamental particles (as the pion and kaon) made up of a quark and an antiquark that are subject to the strong force and have zero or an integer number of quantum units of spin
• me·son·ic me-ˈzä-nik, mā-, mē-, -ˈsä- adjective