mesotron

noun

mesotron

noun

UK /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɒn/ · US /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/

Etymology From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass".

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Dated meson

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