mesotron

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mesotron

  • /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɒn/ UK
  • /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/ US

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From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass".

noun mesotrons

  1. dated meson

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noun meson

Françaismésotron
Italianomesotrone

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"mesotron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mesotron. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mesotron. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mesotron

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"mesotron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mesotron.

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@misc{mesotron_2026,
  title = {mesotron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mesotron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}