HYPERCHARGE


Meaning of HYPERCHARGE in English

/huy"peuhr chahrj'/ , n. Physics.

1. a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.

2. the quantum number equal to B + S + C, where C is the charm.

[ 1955-60; HYPER- + CHARGE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .