tau neutrino
noun Physics.
a hypothetical type of neutrino that would obey a conservation law together with the tau lepton, with the total number of tau leptons and tau neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
Nearby words
- tatum, edward lawrie,
- tatung,
- tau,
- tau cross,
- tau lepton,
- tau particle,
- taubaté,
- tauber,
- tauber, richard,
- tauchnitz
Compare lepton2.
Also called tau·on·ic neutri·no [taw-on-ik, tou-] /tɔˈɒn ɪk, taʊ-/.
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tau neutrino
noun
physics a type of neutrino associated with tau particles
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tau neutrino
[ tou, tô ]
A type of neutrino associated with the tau particle, often created in particle interactions involving tau particles (such as the decay of these particles). The tau neutrino has a mass of zero or near zero, and has no electric charge. See more at neutrino. See Table at subatomic particle.
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