HADRON


Meaning of HADRON in English

— hadronic /ha dron"ik/ , adj.

/had"ron/ , n. Physics.

any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons. Cf. quark .

[ 1962; hadr ( ós ) thick, bulky + -ON 1 ]

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