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Noun: meson  'mee`zón or mee-són or 'me`zón
  1. An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
    - mesotron

Derived forms: mesons

See also: mesonic

Type of: boson, hadron

Encyclopedia: Meson