baryon

See also: Baryon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) +‎ -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/, /ˈbæɹiɒn/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

baryon (plural baryons)

1. (physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
   • 1953 October 1, A. Pais, “On the Baryon-meson-photon System”, in Progress of Theoretical Physics, volume 10, number 4, page 457:

     Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is proposed to use the fitting name "baryon" for this purpose.

Derived terms

• antibaryon
• baryo-
• baryochemical
• baryon acoustic oscillation
• baryonic
• baryonic matter
• baryonium
• baryonless
• baryon number
• dibaryon
• exotic baryon
• lambda baryon
• multibaryon
• technibaryon
• xi baryon

 

Translations

heavy subatomic particle

• Armenian: բարիոն (hy) (barion)
• Catalan: barió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重子 (zh) (zhòngzǐ)

• Danish: baryon c
• Dutch: baryon (nl) n
• Esperanto: bariono
• Finnish: baryoni (fi)
• French: baryon (fr) m
• Galician: barión (gl) m
• Greek: βαρυόνιο (el) n (varyónio)
• Icelandic: þungeind f
• Ido: bariono
• Italian: barione (it) m
• Japanese: バリオン (ja) (barion), 重粒子 (jūryūshi)
• Khmer: ភារាណូ (phea rea no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baryon n

  Nynorsk: baryon (nn) n

• Polish: barion (pl) m
• Portuguese: barião m (Portugal), bárion m (Brazil)
• Russian: барио́н (ru) m (barión)
• Spanish: barión (es) m
• Swedish: baryon (sv) c
• Turkish: baryon (tr)

Anagrams

• Brayon, Raybon, barony

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ri.ɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ry‧on

Noun

baryon n (plural baryonen)

1. (physics) baryon [from 1960s]

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

baryon m (plural baryons)

1. (physics) baryon

Further reading

• “baryon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Noun

baryon c

1. (physics) baryon

Declension

Declension of baryon
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	baryon	baryonen	baryoner	baryonerna
Genitive	baryons	baryonens	baryoners	baryonernas