boson
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boson¹
- /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/ UK
- /ˈboʊ.zɑn/ US
Where it comes from
From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.
noun bosons
- A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
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Where it comes from
Clipping of boatswain.
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Translations
Talk about this word "boson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boson "boson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boson.Cite this
@misc{boson_2026,
title = {boson},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boson},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
