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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

multi- +? bosonic

Adjective

multibosonic (not comparable)

1. Involving multiple bosons.

Synonyms

• multiboson