hyperon
/ˈhaɪpəɹɒn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
Example Sentences
- "The known hyperons and their properties are listed in Table I of the companion lectures on Strange Particles. Most of these hyperons have lifetimes of the order of 10⁻¹⁰ sec, with the exception of the Σ⁰-hyperon whose electromagnetic decay has an exceedingly short lifetime."
- "What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached."
- "The properties of the Λ⁰ hyperon and of the Κ⁰ were more precisely determined. The charged counterparts of the neutral Κ particle were also found as well as the charged Σ hyperons and their neutral counterpart."