English Explanatory Dictionary

mesotron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. meson

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɒn/ /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/

Word forms

mesotron mesotrons

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".

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