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HADRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("hadron" is a kind of...):
elementary particle; fundamental particle ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)
Meronyms (parts of "hadron"):
antiquark (the antiparticle of a quark)
quark ((physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hadron"):
antibaryon (the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1)
antimeson (the antiparticle of a meson)
baryon; heavy particle (any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1)
meson; mesotron (an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0)
