"kaon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪˌɑn/ Forms: kaons [plural]
Etymology: From contracted pronunciation of K-meson. Etymology templates: {{m|en|K-meson}} K-meson Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaon (plural kaons)
  1. (physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark Wikipedia link: kaon Categories (topical): Subatomic particles Translations (K-meson): kaó [masculine] (Catalan), kaon [neuter] (Dutch), kaoni (Finnish), kaon [masculine] (French), Kaon [neuter] (German), kaone [masculine] (Italian), កាណូ (ka no) (Khmer), kaon [masculine] (Polish), káon [masculine] (Portuguese), као́н (kaón) [masculine] (Russian), kaon [common-gender] (Swedish), K-meson [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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