A subatomic particle made of three quarks
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Nucleon
a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus
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Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
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.The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has…
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 electrically neutral elementary particle with extremely small mass.
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.A subatomic particle with no charge found in the nucleus of atoms
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.A particle of light or electromagnetic radiation
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.A subatomic particle that does not experience the strong force
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 most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, e…
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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