BARYON

baryon, heavy particle

(noun) any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

baryon (plural baryons)

(particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.

Anagrams

• Brayon, Raybon, barony

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