Baryon

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  • noun. Any of a class of subatomic particles that are both hadrons and fermions, are composed of three quarks, participate in strong interactions, and are generally more massive than mesons and leptons. The class of baryons is divided into the nucleons and hyperons.
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  • noun. any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.
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  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
    • Word Usage
    "This pattern is known by the term "baryon acoustic oscillations"."
    Form
    exotic baryon  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fermion  hadron  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    hyperon  nucleon  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affirmance  atom-laser  chroniton  dark-matter  highenergy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heavy particle  
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