Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muon neutrino

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: muon neu-tri-no
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leptonic elementary particle having about half the mass of an electron and no charge.

Example Sentences

"Here, OPERA's scientists told their colleagues in Kyoto that they have spotted a so-called muon-neutrino (of the sort whipped up at CERN) turn into another, tau-flavoured one."

Inflected Forms

muon neutrinos (plural) muon-neutrino (alternative)

Synonyms

mu neutrino

Questions

What does muon neutrino mean?: A leptonic elementary particle having about half the mass of an electron and no charge.

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