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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Nucleon
a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus
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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 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
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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: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather bri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: constituent, proton, neutron, atomic, nucleus.The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of…
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