MUONIUM


Meaning of MUONIUM in English

/myooh oh"nee euhm/ , n. Physics.

an electron and a positively charged muon bound together by electrical attraction in the same manner as the electron and proton in a hydrogen atom.

[ 1955-60; MU(ON) + -onium, prob. extracted from POSITRONIUM ]

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