different between boson vs bogon

English

Etymology 1

Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) +? -on; coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.z?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?.z?n/

Noun

boson (plural bosons)

1. (physics) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Contraction of boatswain.

Noun

boson (plural bosons)

1. (obsolete) A boatswain.

Anagrams

• Bonos, Bosno-, NOBOs, boons, noobs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English boson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?.s?n/
• Hyphenation: bo?son

Noun

boson n (plural bosonen, diminutive bosonnetje n)

1. (physics) boson

Derived terms

• Higgsboson
• ijkboson
• W-boson
• Z-boson

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.z??/

Noun

boson m (plural bosons)

1. (physics) boson

Further reading

• “boson” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Japanese

Romanization

boson

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maranao

Noun

boson

1. post office

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Northern Sami

Etymology

From bossut +? -n.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?poson/

Noun

boson

1. fan (electrical device)

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

boson n

1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

boson n (definite singular bosonet, indefinite plural boson, definite plural bosona)

1. (physics) boson

Swedish

Noun

boson c

1. (physics) boson

Declension

English

Etymology

From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”)

Noun

bogon (plural bogons)

1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
   • 1996, "John Novak", Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All (on newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan)

     Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.

2. (networking, slang) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bogon.

Derived terms

• bogon filter

See also

• bogosity
• cluon

Anagrams

• bongo, boong

Hungarian

Etymology

bog +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo?on]
• Hyphenation: bo?gon

Noun

bogon

1. superessive singular of bog

Venetian

Noun

bogon m (plural bogoni) or bogon m (plural boguni)

1. slug
2. snail

Synonyms

• caràgo?o
• scióxo