What does "semileptonic" mean?

Of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.

Semileptonic

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons. not-comparable

Etymology

From semi- + leptonic.

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weak nuclear force

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