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hadron

/ˈhæd.ɹɒn/ UK
/ˈhæd.ɹɑn/ US

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + English -on. Coined by Russian physicist Lev Okun in 1962 in a plenary talk at the International Conference on High Energy Physics.

noun hadrons

particle A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon. The weak decays of b hadrons are dominated by the spectator model process whereby the b quark decays to a c quark (or occasionally a u quark) with the emission of an external W, while the non-b antiquark or diquark acts simply as a passive spectator to the decay.
Similar: hadron

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noun composite particle composed of quarks

Español	hadrón
한국어	강입자 gang'ipja
日本語	ハドロン hadoron
中文	強子 /强子 qiángzǐ
Português	hadrão, hádron
Français	hadron
Deutsch	Hadron
Italiano	adrone
Ελληνικά	αδρόνιο adrónio
Русский	адро́н adrón

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@misc{hadron_2026,
  title = {hadron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hadron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}