baryon

noun
/ˈbɛəɹiɒn/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at baryon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at baryon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at baryon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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