mesotron
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- mesotronic adjective
Etymology
Origin of mesotron
First recorded in 1935–40; meso- + (elec)tron
Example Sentences
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A name meaning "intermediate particle" was clearly in order, and so practically all U. S. physicists now call it the "mesotron" or "meson."
From Time Magazine Archive
In other words, when a nuclear proton wants to transfer a package of energy to another proton or to a neutron, it calls into existence a mesotron, which does the job and then vanishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Bethe finds that the transmitter of this force is none other than the mesotron, which seems not to be a permanent part of the nucleus but to appear and disappear as needed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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