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Kaon

//ˈkeɪˌɑn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark particle

    "K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark"

  2. 2
    Acronym of Karlsruhe ontology. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision wordnet

Etymology

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.

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