English Dictionary

meson

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmiːzɒn/

名詞

廃用 特定用法

(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.)

日本語の意味

中間子: 電子と陽子の中間的な質量を持つ亜原子粒子の一種。

In early particle physics, scientists often referred to any intermediate-mass particle between electrons and protons as a meson.

初期の素粒子物理学では、科学者たちは電子と陽子の中間の質量を持つ素粒子の一種を中間子と呼ぶことが多かった。

意味（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.)

意味（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.)

mesons （ plural ）