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baryon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæɹiɒn/
  • /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion blend English electronbf. ▲ Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on English baryon From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + English -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on.

Meanings

  1. (particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
    • Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is proposed to use the fitting name "baryon" for this purpose. 1953 October 1, A. Pais, “On the Baryon-meson-photon System”, in Progress of Theoretical Physics, volume 10, number 4, page 457:

Forms

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baryons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

baryonic · baryo- · xi baryon · baryon number · exotic baryon · baryochemical · hyperbaryon · lambda baryon · multibaryon · dibaryon · baryonless · baryonic matter · baryonium · antibaryon · baryon acoustic oscillation · technibaryon

Hypernyms

hadron · fermion · subatomic particle

Hyponyms

neutron · proton · nucleon

Synonyms

baryon

Translations (28)

is þungeind (heavy subatomic particle) · ru барио́н (heavy subatomic particle) · sv baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · ko 중입자 (heavy subatomic particle) · ja バリオン (heavy subatomic particle) · it barione (heavy subatomic particle) · bg барион (heavy subatomic particle) · ka ბარიონი (heavy subatomic particle) · tr baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · pt bárion (heavy subatomic particle) · fi baryoni (heavy subatomic particle) · da baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · cmn 重子 (heavy subatomic particle) · km ភារាណូ (heavy subatomic particle) · nl baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · hy բարիոն (heavy subatomic particle) · nb baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · ja 重粒子 (heavy subatomic particle) · es barión (heavy subatomic particle) · io bariono (heavy subatomic particle) · eo bariono (heavy subatomic particle) · ca barió (heavy subatomic particle) · nn baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · fr baryon (heavy subatomic particle) · el βαρυόνιο (heavy subatomic particle) · pl barion (heavy subatomic particle) · pt barião (heavy subatomic particle) · gl barión (heavy subatomic particle)