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Word entry · 6 letters

hadron

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"Collider particle"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhæd.ɹɒn/Part of speech nounSorted adhnorStarts with HEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + -on. Coined by Russian physicist Lev Okun in 1962 in a plenary talk at the International Conference on High Energy Physics.

Used in a sentence

  • One can use the lattice simulations, which do represent the rigorous consequences of non-perturbative QCD, as guidance for models of hadron structure.
  • And hence colour, which was initially an ad hoc concept, later turned out to be an empirically confirmed reality of hadrons.

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