different between meson vs bottonium

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (méson, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s.?n/

Noun

meson (plural mesons)

1. (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

Derived terms

• ventrimeson
• dorsimeson

Etymology 2

From meso- +? on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi?z?n/, /?-s?n/, /?m?-/

Noun

meson (plural mesons)

1. (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
2. (now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)

Synonyms

• mesotron

Hypernyms

• boson
• hadron

Hyponyms

• scalar meson
• vector meson

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• 'mones, Mones, Semon, mones, nomes, omens, semon, somen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

meson n (plural mesonen)

1. (physics) meson

Esperanto

Noun

meson

1. accusative singular of meso

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.z??/

Noun

meson m (plural mesons)

1. Alternative spelling of méson

Old French

Alternative forms

• maisun
• maison

Etymology

From Latin mansi?, mansi?nem (“abode, home, dwelling”).

Noun

meson f (oblique plural mesons, nominative singular meson, nominative plural mesons)

1. house

Descendants

• French: maison

English

Etymology

bottom +? -onium

Noun

bottonium (plural bottonia)

1. (physics) Any meson formed from a bottom quark and its antiquark

See also

• quarkonium