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kaon
kaon
English
Noun
kaon (plural kaons)
- (physics) 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
- K0: strange quark + down antiquark
- K0* (antiparticle of K0): down quark + strange antiquark
- K+: strange quark + up antiquark
- K- (antiparticle of K+): up quark + strange antiquark
Translations
K-meson
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɔn̪/
Noun
kaon m inan
Declension
declension of kaon