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boson

noun
/ˈbəʊ.zɒn/UK/ˈboʊ.zɑn/US

Etymology

From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.

  1. borrowed from 百色
  2. suffixed as boson — “Bose + on”

Definitions

  1. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the…

    A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.

  2. A boatswain.

    • Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA