any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a…
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.
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an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with negative charge
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a…
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with negative charge
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.exceedingly short-lived meson
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
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radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, responsible, forces, atomic.(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…
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