English noun: meson | |||
| 1. | meson (object) an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 | ||
| Synonyms | mesotron | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | boson, hadron | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | b-meson, J particle, K particle, k-meson, kaon, kappa-meson, pi-meson, pion, psi particle | ||