MUON

muon, negative muon, mu-meson

(noun) an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

muon (plural muons)

(physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.

Anagrams

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