Hyperon

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  • noun. Any of the baryons that are not nucleons, have a mass greater than that of the neutron, and are not stable.
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  • noun. Any baryon that is not a nucleon; it is an unstable particle with a mass greater than that of a neutron.
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  • noun. Any baryon with a non-zero strangeness.
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  • noun. any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
    • Word Usage
    "When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    baryon  heavy particle  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    lambda hyperon  lambda particle  
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