Kaon Definition

kāŏn
noun
Any of four short-lived mesons that are positive, negative, or neutral and have a mass of 495 MeV/c2 (about 970 times that of an electron)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • k particle
  • k meson
  • kappa-meson
abbreviation

Karlsruhe ontology.

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Other Word Forms of Kaon

Noun

Singular:
kaon
Plural:
kaons

Origin of Kaon

  • ka pronunciation of the letter K –on

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From contracted pronunciation of K-meson

    From Wiktionary

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