muon
/ˈmjuːɒn/ · noun
Meaning
- An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
Etymology / origin
Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.
Related words
Descendant words
- მიუონი(Georgian) (bor)
- muone(Italian) (bor)
- ミューオン(Japanese) (bor)
- muão(Portuguese) (bor)
- muon(Spanish) (bor)
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