any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a…
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an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
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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 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 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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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, negative, charge, half-life.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, negative, charge, half-life.a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to dec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.a stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.A property that makes particles attract or repel electrically.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: elementary, particle, negative, charge, half-life.any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
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