hadron

Noun

Meaning

any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

baryon collider atom elementary down boson bottom electron particle master patron charm meson fermion elementary particle
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Hypernyms

elementary particle fundamental particle

Hyponyms

meson baryon mesotron antimeson antibaryon heavy particle

Phrases with the word

strange hadron strange quark hadron k-hadron

Anagrams

Drohan hardon Hrodna Rhonda

Examples

My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff. Bill Gates

Experimentally, hadron physics is studied by colliding protons or nuclei of heavy elements such as lead, and detecting the debris in the produced particle showers. Source: Internet

Experiments to confirm and determine the nature of the Higgs boson using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN began in early 2010, and were performed at Fermilab 's Tevatron until its closure in late 2011. Source: Internet

On the smaller scale (less than about 0.8 fm, the radius of a nucleon), it is the force (carried by gluons ) that holds quarks together to form protons, neutrons, and other hadron particles. Source: Internet

HERA main HERA (Hadron-Elektron-Ring-Anlage, "Hadron Electron Ring Facility") was DESY's largest synchrotron and storage ring, with a circumference of 6336 metres. Source: Internet

Its main project is now the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which had its first beam circulation on 10 September 2008, and is now the world's most energetic collider of protons. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hadrogenesis hadrome hadromerid hadronic hadronic atom hadronically