gluon
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gluon
- /ˈɡluː.ɒn/ UK
- /ˈɡlu.ɑn/ US
Rhymes with -uːɒn
Where it comes from
From glue + -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962.
noun gluons
- A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. Naive realism might ask today: Tell me what space is in itself, not in terms of other things. Tell me what a gluon is at bottom, or a neutrino, or a charge.
Translations
Talk about this word "gluon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gluon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gluon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gluon "gluon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gluon.Cite this
@misc{gluon_2026,
title = {gluon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gluon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
