PION


Meaning of PION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-ˌän ]

noun

Etymology: contraction of pi-meson

Date: 1950

: a meson that is a combination of up and down quarks and antiquarks, that may be positive, negative, or neutral, and that has a mass about 270 times that of the electron

• pi·on·ic pī-ˈä-nik adjective

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