eta meson
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eta meson
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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The Brookhaven experiment involved a fast-decaying subatomic particle known as an eta meson, which breaks down into three lighter particles known as pions�one with no electrical charge.
From Time Magazine Archive
About one-thirtieth of the times that a pi meson hit a deuterium nucleus, out came the eta meson, which decays into three pions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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