Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesotron

/ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mesotron
IPA: /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated

Etymology

From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass".

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meso
Suffix: tron

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/
British English: /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɒn/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

mesotrons (plural)

Synonyms

meson

Questions

How do you pronounce mesotron?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/.
What does mesotron mean?: meson
Where does mesotron come from?: From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass".

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