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• muon-neutrino
  muon-neutrino

  noun

  a type of neutrino that obeys a conservation law together with the muon, with the total number of muons and muon-neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
• muon neutrino
  muon neutrino

  A type of neutrino associated with the muon, often created in particle interactions involving muons (such as muon or pion decay). The muon neutrino has a mass no greater than 0.49 times that of the electron and has no charge.

muon-neutrino

American  

[myoo-on-noo-tree-noh, -nyoo-] / ˈmyu ɒn nuˌtri noʊ, -nyu- /

noun

Physics.

muon-neutrinos plural

1. a type of neutrino that obeys a conservation law together with the muon, with the total number of muons and muon-neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.

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muon neutrino Scientific  

1. A type of neutrino associated with the muon, often created in particle interactions involving muons (such as muon or pion decay). The muon neutrino has a mass no greater than 0.49 times that of the electron and has no charge.

2. See more at neutrino See Table at subatomic particle

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