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baryon
- /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/
- /ˈbæɹiɒn/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + English -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on.
noun baryons
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A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is p
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Talk about this word "baryon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baryon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. baryon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baryon "baryon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baryon.Cite this
@misc{baryon_2026,
title = {baryon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baryon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
