English Explanatory Dictionary

boson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
noun
  1. A boatswain.

Pronunciation

/ˈbəʊ.zɒn/ /ˈboʊ.zɑn/ en-us-boson.ogg

Word forms

boson bosons

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.

Synonyms

boson

Derived words

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
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