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boson

/ˈboʊ.zɑn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
bo-son
IPA
/ˈboʊ.zɑn/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.

noun

A boatswain.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?"

Etymology

From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈboʊ.zɑn/
  • British English: /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bosons (plural)

Derived Forms

antiboson bosino bosonic bosonisation bosonise bosonize bosonlike coboson diboson multiboson paraboson parabosonic

Phrases

boson star gauge boson Goldstone boson Higgs boson Nambu-Goldstone boson pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson scalar boson vector boson

Frequently Paired Words

fermion

Synonyms

boson

Questions

How do you pronounce boson?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊ.zɑn/.
What does boson mean?
A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
Where does boson come from?
From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.

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