English Explanatory Dictionary

kaon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
noun
  1. Acronym of Karlsruhe ontology.

Pronunciation

/ˈkeɪˌɑn/

Word forms

kaon kaons

Etymology

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.

Derived words

antikaon kaonic kaonium
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