bottomonium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any meson, such as an upsilon particle, formed from a bottom quark and its antiquark.

Word forms

bottomonium bottomoniums bottomonia

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom English onium English -on Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English -onium English bottomonium From bottom + -onium.

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