English Explanatory Dictionary

meshuganon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

Word forms

meshuganon meshuganons meshugatron

Etymology

From meshugge + -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.

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