boson meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

boson

noun

UK /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/ · US /ˈboʊ.zɑn/

Etymology From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Particle A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.

Synonyms: boson
Derived terms: 26 terms
antiboson, bosino, bosonic, bosonisation, bosonise, bosonize, bosonlike, boson star, coboson, diboson, gauge boson, Goldstone boson, Higgs boson, multiboson, Nambu-Goldstone boson, paraboson, parabosonic, pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson, quasiboson, scalar boson, superboson, triboson, vector boson, W-boson, X boson, Z-boson
Hyponyms: gauge boson, Higgs boson, photon

boson

noun

Etymology Clipping of boatswain.

Obsolete A boatswain.

Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1: