boson en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/ (UK)
- /ˈboʊ.zɑn/ (US)
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Etymology
From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.
Meanings
- (particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bosons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
diboson · bosonise · multiboson · gauge boson · antiboson · bosonisation · paraboson · Goldstone boson · X boson · Z-boson · Higgs boson · bosino · scalar boson · bosonize · boson star · pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson · quasiboson · superboson · coboson · parabosonic · bosonlike · bosonic · W-boson · vector boson · triboson · Nambu-Goldstone boson
Hyponyms
Higgs boson · photon · gauge boson
Synonyms
Translations (40)
hi बोसाणु (particle) · ta முழுச்சுழலி (particle) · fa بوزون (particle) · hu bozon (particle) · ne बोसाणु (particle) · sh bòzōn (particle) · eu bosoi (particle) · pt bóson (particle) · gl bosón (particle) · bn বোসন (particle) · el μποζόνιο (particle) · tr bozon (particle) · ru бозо́н (particle) · sa बोसाणु (particle) · ja ボース粒子 (particle) · es bosón (particle) · fi bosoni (particle) · gu બોસાણુ (particle) · it bosone (particle) · fr boson (particle) · pl bozon (particle) · de Boson (particle) · cmn 玻色子 (particle) · pt bosão (particle) · sk bozón (particle) · mn бозон (particle) · sh бо̀зо̄н (particle) · ar بُوزُون (particle) · is bóseind (particle) · ka ბოზონი (particle) · hy բոզոն (particle) · mk бозо́н (particle) · nl boson (particle) · sv boson (particle) · km បូសាណូ (particle) · mr बोसाणू (particle) · ja ボソン (particle) · sl bozón (particle) · ko 보손 (particle) · ca bosó (particle)