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Muon
//ˈmjuːɒn//
Synonyms for "muon" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
34 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մյուոն noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Basque
1 entries- muoi noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Bengali
1 entries- মিউওন noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Catalan
1 entries- muó noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- μ子 noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
- 渺子 noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
- 緲子 /缈子 noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Dutch
1 entries- muon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Esperanto
1 entries- muono noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Finnish
1 entries- myoni noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
French
1 entries- muon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Galician
1 entries- muón noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Georgian
1 entries- მიუონი noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
German
1 entries- Myon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Greek
1 entries- μιόνιο noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Hungarian
1 entries- müon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Icelandic
1 entries- mýeind noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Ido
1 entries- muono noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Italian
1 entries- muone noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Japanese
1 entries- ミュー粒子 noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Khmer
1 entries- មុយាណូ noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Korean
1 entries- 뮤 입자 noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Norwegian
1 entries- myon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Persian
2 entries- میوآن noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
- میون noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Polish
1 entries- mion noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Portuguese
2 entries- muão noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
- múon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Russian
1 entries- мюо́н noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Spanish
1 entries- muon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Swedish
1 entries- myon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Tagalog
1 entries- mu tungapik noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Thai
1 entries- มิวออน noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Vietnamese
1 entries- muon noun (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The μ-meson of Powell (called here muon) is instead a disintegration product of the pion, only weakly linked to the nucleons and therefore of little importance in the explanation of nuclear forces.
Source: wiktionary
The spectrum of electrons arising from the decay of the negative mu meson has been determined. The muons are arrested in the gas of a high pressure hydrogen filled diffusion cloud chamber.
Source: wiktionary
The data comes from experiments at the Fermilab US particle accelerator facility, which explored how subatomic particles called muons – similar to electrons but about 200 times heavier – move in a magnetic field.
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