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kaon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kaon has 1 sense
- kaon(n = noun.object) k particle, k-meson, kappa-meson - an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision; Array is a kind of meson, mesotron
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kaon, n. Physics a meson having a mass several times that of a pion.
Etymology
ka repr. the letter K (as symbol for the particle) + -ON
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