axion
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axion
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Coined by American physicist Frank Wilczek in 1978 after Axion, a brand of laundry detergent, for its -on suffix and the notion that the new particle could "clean up" a problem in physics. Also with relation to the axial current.
noun axions
- A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. 2000 Summer/Fall, John Clarke, Superconductivity: A Macroscopic Quantum Phenomenon, Rene Donaldson, Bill Kirk (editors), Beam Line, Volume 30, Number 2, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, page 47, The axion is a candidate particle for the cold dark matter that constitutes a large fraction of the ma
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Talk about this word "axion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/axion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. axion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/axion "axion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/axion.Cite this
@misc{axion_2026,
title = {axion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/axion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
