Quindecuplet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles. particle, rare

    "Exercise 11.10. Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of 𝒮𝒰(3) and in the quindecuplet of 𝒮𝒰(4) according to (11.4.60)."

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"Exercise 11.10. Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of 𝒮𝒰(3) and in the quindecuplet of 𝒮𝒰(4) according to (11.4.60)."

Etymology

From quindecuple (“times fifteen; composed of 15 parts”) + -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin quindecim (“fifteen”) + -plus (“-times, -fold”).

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