"meson" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛs.ɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meson.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mesons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|μέσον||middle}} Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} meson (plural mesons)
  1. (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves. Tags: regional Categories (topical): Entomology Derived forms: ventrimeson, dorsimeson
    Sense id: en-meson-en-noun-UnTwkpbc Categories (other): English undefined derivations Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmiːzɒn/, /ˈ-sɒn/, /ˈmɛ-/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meson2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meson3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mesons [plural]
Etymology: From meso- + on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meso|on}} meso- + on, {{coin|en|Homi Bhabha|in=1939|nat=Indian|nobycat=1|occ=physicist|w=Homi J. Bhabha}} Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, {{m|en|mesotron}} mesotron Head templates: {{en-noun}} meson (plural mesons)
  1. (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-meson-en-noun-wtWTJ3Sr
  2. (now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.) Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Subatomic particles Translations (elementary particle): մեզոն (mezon) (Armenian), mesó [masculine] (Catalan), 介子 (jièzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), meson [neuter] (Dutch), mesoni (Finnish), méson [masculine] (French), Meson [neuter] (German), મધ્યાણુ (madhyāṇu) [masculine] (Gujarati), मध्याणु (madhyāṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), mesone [masculine] (Italian), 中間子 (chūkanshi) (Japanese), មជ្ឈាណូ (mach chea no) (Khmer), mezonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), मध्याणू (madhyāṇū) (Marathi), мезон ᠮᠧᠽᠣᠨ (mezon) (Mongolian), मध्याणु (madhyāṇu) (Nepali), meson [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), meson [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mezon [masculine] (Polish), mesão [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), méson [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), мезо́н (mezón) [masculine] (Russian), मध्याणु (madhyāṇu) [masculine] (Sanskrit), мѐзо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mèzōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mezón [masculine] (Slovene), meson [common-gender] (Swedish), tungapik (Tagalog), இடையி (iṭaiyi) (Tamil), mezon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-meson-en-noun-J-kJ6bny Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with meso- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 23 48 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 31 25 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 27 20 53 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'elementary particle': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mesotron Hypernyms: boson, hadron Hyponyms: scalar meson, vector meson

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "dimeson"
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      "word": "eta meson"
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    {
      "word": "exotic meson"
    },
    {
      "word": "hybrid meson"
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    {
      "word": "J/psi meson"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-meson"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesic"
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    {
      "word": "mesonic"
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    {
      "word": "mesonics"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesonium"
    },
    {
      "word": "multimeson"
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    {
      "word": "mu-meson"
    },
    {
      "word": "photomeson"
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    {
      "word": "pi meson"
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    {
      "word": "rho meson"
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    {
      "word": "upsilon meson"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmiːzɒn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ-sɒn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ-/"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mezon",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "մեզոն"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mesó"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jièzǐ",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "介子"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "meson"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "mesoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Meson"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "madhyāṇu",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "મધ્યાણુ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "madhyāṇu",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मध्याणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūkanshi",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "中間子"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mach chea no",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "មជ្ឈាណូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mezonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "madhyāṇū",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "मध्याणू"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "mezon",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "мезон ᠮᠧᠽᠣᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "madhyāṇu",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "मध्याणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meson"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meson"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mezon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méson"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mezón",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мезо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "madhyāṇu",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मध्याणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мѐзо̄н"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mèzōn"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mezón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "meson"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "tungapik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "iṭaiyi",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "இடையி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "elementary particle",
      "word": "mezon"
    }
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}
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