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meson

/ˈmɛs.ɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
me-son
IPA
/ˈmɛs.ɒn/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

noun

A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)

Obsolete

noun

An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσον (méson) English meson From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Doublet of medium.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mesons (plural)

Derived Forms

ventrimeson dorsimeson antimeson dimeson hypermeson intermeson mesic mesonic mesonics mesonium multimeson photomeson

Phrases

B meson eta meson exotic meson hybrid meson J/psi meson J/ψ meson K-meson mu-meson

Synonyms

mesotron

Rhymes With

liaison

Questions

How do you pronounce meson?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛs.ɒn/.
What does meson mean?
The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
Where does meson come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσον (méson) English meson From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Doublet of medium.

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