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Noun: boson  'bow,zón or 'bow,són
  1. Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons

Derived forms: bosons

Type of: particle, subatomic particle

Encyclopedia: Boson, Thomas

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